| digital rights management n. Abbr. DRM The use of software or other computer technology to manage the conditions under which copyrighted material in digital form can be accessed. |
Digital Rights Management legal
(DRM) Any technology used to limit the use of software, music, movies or other digital data. This generally relies on some interaction between the media and the system that plays it. For example, video DVDs usually include a region code. If this does not match the player's region code, the player will refuse to play the disc.
(2006-02-02)