Question

(a) Have DRM systems gone too far, as some critics claim? Recall the 2005 Sony BMG copy protection case involving the controversial “rootkit” problem (examined in Scenario 9-2). (b) Should Sony have been allowed to use a DRM system that cannot easily be uninstalled when circumstances warrant it? (c) Do companies like Sony need strong DRM systems to ensure the protection of their intellectual property rights? (d) What kind of compromise position might be reached between users and content owners in the ongoing debate about DRM systems? Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) and provide your “theoretical” rationale in support of your responses. (comprehension)

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Answer 1

Yes, I think as fast as critics claim the DRM system has gone far. Digital right management is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media to prevent unauthorized redistribution of media and restrict the ways the consumers could copy the content they have purchased. DRM is implemented by embedding code that prevents copying. It specifies a period in which the content can be accessed or it limits the number of devices media can be installed. it allows programmers to cloak files and processes effectively hiding their existence and operation from both computer user and machines operating system these devices could facilitate and any number of attacks on individual computers including coordinated offenses against various website computer networks etc. A once installed rootkit can be used to hide any code regardless of its author's original purpose.
No Sony should not have been allowed to use a DRM system that cannot be uninstalled when circumstances warrant it, because it created a worse situation as Sony BGM missteps were not limited to the lack of transparency and convenience only. The uninstaller launched by them created security threats equal in magnitude to the rootkit it was intended to eliminate permitting malicious code embedded in any website to attack unsuspecting customers who took steps to protect their machines by uninstalling the rootkit.
No companies like Sony does not need a strong DRM system because Vulnerabilities that are created by this DRM gives rise to an error of potential abuses and it should be noted that DRM not only curtails people's right to make fair use of copyrighted material which is guaranteed by US copyright law but even create new technological hazards. when you built a computer system where you are not protecting the user but something from the user you have very bad security.