Digital rights management

Digital rights management is a class of controversial technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital content and devices after sale; there are, however, many competing definitions. When the internet was new, different and less commercial, it seemed avant-garde. Computer games sometimes use DRM technologies to limit the number of systems the game can be installed on by requiring authentication with an online server. Most games with this restriction allow three or five installs, although some allow an installation to be 'recovered' when the game is uninstalled. www.wikipedia.co.uk/digitalrightsmanagement What is Intellectual property? Intellectual Property is created when an idea takes some tangible form. IP can mean a brand, invention, design or other kind of creation and it can be legally owned. Copyright Copyright as a right that exists only by government decree,created for the public good, and which must be regulated by the government to ensure that the public purpose is fulfilled.