Definitions for "Digital Rights Management"
or DRM refers to all the technical methods used by media content publishers to control or restrict the use of digital media content (music or movies for example) on electronic devices (such as a CD or a DVD). If you cannot play your Madonna CD on your computer, it is because a DRM technology has been used to prevent you from doing so.
Digital rights management (DRM) is a set of technologies that describe and identify digital content protected by intellectual property rights, and enforce usage rules set by rights holders. When applied to documents, music or film, DRM can regulate what can be done with the content (for example, view, print, copy or save) and the time frame in which that content is accessible.
The arrangements used to manage digital rights. This includes specifying, transfering and verify rights.