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Digital Rights Managment Year in Review

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the keep-your-eyes-on-this dept.

zjango writes "DRM Watch is a great source for the ongoing monitoring of Digital Rights Management issues and news. They've put out a useful 2003 year in review for DRM across several categories that Slashdot readers will likely find of interest. It is a look back at the year's significant trends in DRM technology, along with some predictions for 2004 and beyond."

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  1. DRM here on /. by aredubya74 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Digital Rights Managment Year in Review

    Apparently, someone has patented proper spelling of the word "management", so /. invented its own hacked spelling. Fight the power!

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    1. Re:DRM here on /. by SEWilco · · Score: 2, Funny

      Digital Rights Managment is how I arrange papers on my refrigerator.

  2. I prefer to call it... by kirun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't like the name DRM, it's misleading. If all it involved was proper management of rights, no problem. However, it's a little one-sided.

    I think the name Capability Removal by the Author of Media Products, or CRAMP is much more accurate. Want to CRAMP your PC? I didn't think so.

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  3. DRM... by elFarto+the+2nd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Digitally Managing YOUR Rights...

  4. Re:I prefer to call it... CRAP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Drop 'Media'.... ;)

  5. Crossed the chasm ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    and made it firmly into the bowling alley. ?!?

    What the ...huh? I realize I haven't bowled in a year or two, but how many of them now have chasms that need crossing to enter? Perhaps this is an element of the declining league membership: with Americans in poorer shape, quite a few more are incapable of chasm crossing to even get into the bowling alleys. Perhaps this whole chasm requirement should be rethought.

  6. To paraphrase the Unix Hater's Handbook... by Ann+Elk · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Digital Rights Management" is to "rights" as "Lung Cancer" is to "lung".