DRM (Digital Rights Management, pejoratively known as Digital Restrictions Management) is said to be defective by design — making digital devices and content more annoying, less secure, less compatible, and generally less useful, and especially where protected by recent legislation, in conflict with free speech. If this dysfunction is not included by design, it is at least a direct side effect of a largely futile attempt to make computers worse at copying.
In the fine print that you "agree" to, Amazon and Sony say you just get a license to the e-books—you're not paying to own 'em, in spite of the use of the term "buy." Digital retailers say that the first sale doctrine—which would let you hawk your old Harry Potter hardcovers on eBay—no longer applies. Your license to read the book is unlimited, though—so even if Amazon or Sony changed technologies, dropped the biz or just got mad at you, they legally couldn't take away your purchases. Still, it's a license you can't sell.
Die Aufgabe von Digital-Rights-Management-Systemen ist der Schutz von Urheberrechten, doch sie werden auch dazu genutzt, Bürgerrechte auszuhebeln. Darüber haben wir mit Dr. Harald Müller, dem Vorsitzenden der Rechtskommission des Deutschen Bibliotheksverbandes, gesprochen.
Es sei aber bei Informationen vermittelnden Einrichtungen wie Hochschulen sicherzustellen, dass DRM-Systeme "nur im angemessenen Umfang" angewendet werden.
"Ein gewünschter Nebeneffekt der DRM-Technik dürfte aber auch sein, führte Johann Bizer vom Institut für öffentliches Recht an der Universität Frankfurt in Berlin aus, dass die Anbieter ihre Verfahren zum "Online-Profiling" ihrer Kunden noch verbessern könnten. Einen wichtigen Sinn und Zweck der Systeme zur Rechtehandhabung sieht der Jurist im Füttern der Datenbanken von Marketing-Abteilungen. Dabei würde häufig gegen bestehende Datenschutzbestimmungen wie den Grundsatz der Datensparsamkeit oder gegen das Verkoppelungsverbot unterschiedlicher Datensätze ohne die ausdrückliche Zustimmung des Verbrauchers verstoßen.
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With all of the Big Four record labels now jettisoning digital rights management, music fans have every reason to rejoice. But consumer advocates are singing a note of caution, as the music industry experiments with digital-watermarking technology as a DRM substitute.
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