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VLC Media Player. MacX YouTube Downloader. Microsoft Office YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ Avast Free Security. WhatsApp Messenger. Usage rules typically prevent copying or limit the number of times that the content plays. The operating system works together with drivers to enforce these rules. DRM is designed to be transparent to users unless they attempt to violate the usage rules that they agreed to when they purchased the digital content. Any digital-audio content that is protected by DRM can be played only by trusted audio drivers.
These are drivers that have passed hardware compatibility testing by Microsoft to verify that they are DRM-compliant and contain no loopholes through which the DRM security measures can be circumvented.
The problems for free software that modern DRM platforms introduce are that proprietary systems are closed source and it is impossible for free software users to obtain and legally play protected media using free applications. Since none of these applications are made available on free software platforms, free software users are in same position as they with respect to DVD content seven years ago — unable to play their purchased content.
While it is possible to play some of these files on free software platforms, the user has to circumvent the DRM and likely violate copyright law. Since this situation does not serve the interests of software users and developers, does it make sense for the free software community to introduce an open DRM platform of their own? Can a free software DRM platform be used to advance free software projects and principles?
Making the simple assumption that it is possible to create a strong free software DRM platform, how would such a system impact the current struggle between users, content producers, and DRM vendors? If such a system existed, would it be a compelling alternative to existing proprietary rights management packages? The availability of an open platform is an enticing offer for content producers and consumers worried about single-vendor lock-in.
If content producers release materials with this free system, there will be additional pressure on software vendors and device manufacturers to include support for the free format.
Consumers gain the most with an introduction of a free DRM platform. Users of traditionally neglected platforms like Linux would finally obtain a measure of parity with Windows and Mac users when dealing with media content.
Furthermore, since the code responsible for rights management no longer excludes anyone, creators of applications like media playback and cataloging applications would no longer be shut out of the media marketplace. This would introduce competition and diversity in the media software market.
In the discussion so far, the focus has been placed on strong DRM platforms — that is, software platforms that attempt to prevent users from exercising some functionality or other, such as playing protected files on unauthenticated machines. An alternative to a strong DRM platform is a robust rights declaration scheme.
In a rights declaration scheme, the software encodes licensing and rights data, but the software does not attempt to limit users from using the content. Rather than encode the rights enforcement in software, a rights declaration scheme uses social pressure and shared values to keep users honest. There are a number of advantages that rights declaration schemes have over rights management platforms.
First of all, by implicitly trusting the media user, rights declarations are simpler to implement than DRM. Rights declaration preserves the notion of fair use, an idea that is anywhere from difficult to impossible to encode in any DRM technology.
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