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Doesn't DRM on video enforce where the digital content can be played? Is this not exactly what enforcing copyright is since copyright dictates where and how som
by beeboop 5y ago
Doesn't DRM on video enforce where the digital content can be played? Is this not exactly what enforcing copyright is since copyright dictates where and how something can be consumed?
- Dylan16807 5y agoDRM controls where you can play things. Copyright controls where you can play things. But 90% of the time those two sets of playback controls don't overlap. DRM stops you from using different devices you own. DRM won't let you skip certain segments. DRM won't stop you from publicly showing the video. etc.
- nybble41 5y ago> Is this not exactly what enforcing copyright is since copyright dictates where and how something can be consumed? The copyright on a (printed) book doesn't let the publisher dictate where and how the book can be read. As long as you're not making copies or derivative works or putting on a public performance you can consume it however you wish. Even on those cases there are exceptions for fair use, e.g. parody. The same applies to DRM-free audiovisual recordings. Anyone can make a player for VHS tapes or DRM-free DVDs without running afoul of copyright, but the same is not true once DRM is involved thanks to the anti-circumvention clauses of the DMCA, and that gives publishers far more power to dictate how copyrighted (or even formerly copyrighted) works can be used than they would have under copyright alone.
- kolinko 5y agoDRM restricts more than copyrights. In many legal systems you have a definition of fair use that allows you to do more with the content that you purchased than what producers would like. For example - you are free to share it with family and close friends, play on as many devices and on whatever software you wish, and share wildly short clips. DRM prevents all that.