Heads up: digital rights management (DRM) could be coming to the JPEG image format. That’s right… the same kind of controversial technology that’s currently being used to protect movie, music, and book copyrights could one day be used to restrict the usage of images, and that proposal has people up in arms.
DRM refers to the various technologies that are used to restrict the use of proprietary content. When you try to copy a music CD and a program stops you, that’s DRM. When content you download can only be viewed or played on certain devices, that’s DRM too.
DRM refers to the various technologies that are used to restrict the use of proprietary content. When you try to copy a music CD and a program stops you, that’s DRM. When content you download can only be viewed or played on certain devices, that’s DRM too.
While the use of content in many industries is being restricted by DRM features, the world of photo sharing is still the wild wild west. See a photo, and you can almost always save it to your computer and republish it anywhere else. But that could all change. READ MORE
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