Acronyms are out of control these days and on this site DRM shows up a lot. I realized in talking with various people that there are a lot of misconceptions and sometimes total lack of awareness about digital rights management. So if you need to bone up on what all the fuss is with DRM, this article called "How to Explain DRM to Your Dad" on Wired Blogs is excellent.

"Microsoft sells a Zune. The Zune shares music, but you can only play that shared music for 3 days because when it's shared, it's wrapped up in a DRM scheme. If I'm in a band, and I release my songs for free under creative commons, and you download it and put it on a Zune -- you are breaking that creative commons licenses. There is no way to tell the Zune "don't protect this one". I don't want to sue my fans for locking up the music in DRM, and I don't have the resources to sue Microsoft for breaking the CC license. But the RIAA can sue 10 year olds."

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