DRM: What is Digital Rights Management?
- The acronym DRM stands for "Digital Rights Management", the so-called Digital rights management. A wide variety of digital files from their creators to control and protect.
- Among other things, Songs, movies, E-Books and PDF files with DRM protection. The required information for the DRM protection in the file directly. You will similar to a title or year of publication as the Information within the files stored.
- A DRM-protection is also common in Online video stores. The DRM protection can thus have, for example, that the downloaded movie can only be 30 days looked at, or just once allows you to play.
- Theoretically any file can be provided with a DRM protection. The originator of the file can then decide which rights will be awarded. These include, among other things, the rights of the files to view, edit, rent, distribute or copy it.

Behind DRM
In the next practical tip we will show you how to use the DRM-protection from music files remove.