CPTech's work on DRM | Digital Restrictions Management

In the field of digital rights Management (DRM) and technological protection measures (TPM), CPTech has focused mostly on elements of the global policy landscape. We are examining a fundamental question: should we, and more importantly, can we, effectively regulate TPM/DRM technologies in order to ensure that the public interest in access to knowledge goods is protected? And how might that regulation be undertaken in a world of global movement of knowledge goods?

We have not focus on the effects, justification or acceptability of TPM/DRM systems but on the issues raised by the requirement for providing legal protection to both TPM and DRM systems. While we recognize that they are differentâ€”a DRM is a way a â€œcontractâ€Ý or a license and a TPM an enforcement of the contract and every DRM includes permission for access and use but not always a TPM--- public policies regarding their protection are related.

Our intent is to propose possible alternatives to the current strategies and policies regarding the legal protection of TPM/DRMs.

This is a link to a few CPTech documents relating to DRM: http://www.cptech.org/a2k/drm/

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