![]() ![]() ![]() Remember when Amazon deleted two George Orwell titles from Kindle libraries back in ’09? No? Well, it happened before, and it could happen again.įortunately, there are several ways to create local backups and rid your music and movie purchases of unwanted DRM. The restrictions also leave users susceptible to the whims of giants like Amazon and Google. Today’s DRM restrictions may prevent you from sharing a copy of Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, sure, but the technology’s implications reach further than you might expect. DRM has taken many forms over the years, from CD keys and digital watermarks to proprietary file types, but the end result is the same: You can’t copy the stuff you buy or play it on anything other than the intended device. The technology - short for Digital Rights Management - has been giving consumers trouble since its inception, when it was intended as a means to protect digital media from piracy.
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