What Is Digital Rights Management (DRM)?

Cory doctoro is a science fiction author, journalist and the leading activist in the fight against what's known as digital rights management. The abilty of companies to dictate the use of our physical possessions is not hypothetical but it could get much worse. D r m isn't a spec technology: It's any technology that gives the manufacturer of a product the ability to control or sanction its use by the consumer. John deer uses this to stop you from effecting your own repairs coffee machines currig uses it. Jusero used it in toaster ovens. We have it in cars, an spades. You know, this is in every tesla. Cory has a term for