Digital Rights Management Continues to Divide Content
Since then, according to In-Stat/MDR, the exponential growth of people accessing the Web has further contributed to an increase in the illegal access and distribution of proprietary content.
The high-tech market research firm reports that the widespread availability of
digital audio and video files, coupled with the popularity of file-sharing software from companies like Kazaa, has resulted in an inter-industry schism in the search for a
viable Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution.
The continuing quest for a workable DRM solution has pitted the content development industry, primarily consisting of companies in the recording industry and the movie industry, against the information technology (IT) industry.
While the content development industry's goal is to stop all "unauthorized" online access and distribution of their proprietary content, they also maintain that they are committed to online distribution, but only in conjunction with a secure DRM solution. Content developers underline that DRM is a very serious issue, and point out that:
Man" and "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones,"
showed up online even before their scheduled opening
dates in theatres.
Meanwhile, the IT industry is also concerned about DRM, but it is, at the same time, very interested in the potential
of new, online distribution technologies. Many technology
executives have noted that if there ever was a "killer app"
for broadband services, it was Napster. In addition, IT
industry executives point out that:
new technologies that ultimately end up being an
important and profitable part of their business model.
While significant differences about the adoption of new
technologies will continue to divide the two industries,
In-Stat/MDR expects their broader positions about DRM to drift slightly closer together over the next several years.
However, fundamental differences between the industries regarding the "fair use" of proprietary content and the specifics of how to institute and enforce DRM architectures guarantee that the next few years will be full of lawsuits and legislative manoeuvring.
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