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I've always associated DRM with the [DMCA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyr
by tragiclos 3y ago
I've always associated DRM with the [DMCA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...) which was signed into law in 1998. Do you have a source for Digital Rights Management originating in the mid-2000s?
- gjm11 3y agoFor what it's worth, the Oxford English Dictionary gives two citations for the phrase, one from January 1996 and one from May 2005. It's not obvious to me from the quoted text whether the 1996 citation actually has quite the same meaning as we're talking about here. It's from something in PR Newswire, and it says: "As an industry consultant Bob has been a leader in developing business strategies and cooperative relationships in the area of digital rights management and content distribution." And what's not clear to me is whether that's "digital (rights management)" -- i.e., using computer technology to enforce copyright etc., the usual present-day use of the term -- or "(digital rights) management" -- i.e., everything to do with handling copyright etc. in the specific context of digital data.
- pengaru 3y agoNeither DRM or Digital Rights Management are mentioned in the actual DMCA legislation. This terminology emerged later IIRC. https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf