In some quarters of World Wide Web, the 3 most detested letters of alphabet are 'D', 'R' and 'M', which stand for DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM is, essentially, a set of echnologies that limits people from using audio-video files they have purchased from legal any of the downloading services.
DRM technology comprise of correct Meta tagging of assets created & stored in the databases. After meta-tagging the assets, information is encoded (encrypted) to guarantee its content's security. Once adequate clearing and authorization of content is done it can be transmitted, which means that a decrypted key opens the secure content, and then displayed in a reliable and secure environment with the help of a client technology, such as Internet browser, Acrobat Reader, or set-top box.
"Digital Rights Management: Opportunities (2006)" a recent market research report published by RNCOS provides comprehensive analysis on every aspect of DRM.
According to this report, "Revenues from the market for Digital Rights Management totaled $1.5 billion in 2005, and it's expected to reach $4.7billion by the year 2010".
As per an analyst at RNCOS, "DRM-related technologies will become omnipresent at the platform layer and exposed as a set of services. These will include media and entertainment as well as healthcare, financial, military, defense, and intelligence".
