DRM is not an abbreviation for drum

Before I started working in the realm of digital media (I don't count a newspaper Web site), I'm not sure I would even have noticed this tidbit on "DRM" from Newsweek via Boing Boing. It should also be noted that before I stared working in the realm of digital media, I did not read Boing Boing. And if you don't know what Boing Boing is, then you're really not ready for the concept of DRM, and you should continue to consider entertainment items you buy to be, you know, yours.

Anyway, here is the tidbit:

Now, an increasingly vocal grassroots resistance to DRM is cropping up. An anti-DRM campaign called “Defective by Design,” which is organized by the Free Software Foundation, has 15,000 registered members; the Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that DRM places limits on “your ability to make lawful use of the music you purchase.” Web sites like stopdrmnow.org and digitalfreedom.org have been launched “to protect individuals’ right to use new digital technologies” and urge boycotts on DRM-tagged content. David Berlind, executive editor of tech trade journal ZDNet, coined his own term for DRM: “Content Restriction, Annulment and Protection.” (Figure out the acronym).

DRM is going to be more of a thing. No matter how you feel about it (and I don't necessarily think it's evil), you should pay attention.