Intellectual Property: Choosing Between Creative Commons and DRM
There is a place for DRM alongside creative commons when it comes to intellectual property rights. Take a look at the creative commons licensing schema and you will see that you have plenty of choices to make when it comes to using licenses. While Digital Rights Management isn't mentioned as a specific tool, you can work through how digital work is used based on the various licenses you choose which is an important part of DRM. When it comes to determining how work will be used a producer has several things to consider including how the work is used as well as how others can use the work or under what circumstances the work can be used. By considering these two important aspects of intellectual property rights a producer can choose proper creative commons licenses that also incorporate proper Digital Rights Management as well.
There are many clear laws regarding intellectual property rights and digital rights management, but most of these are ignored today. Ask any teenager today where they got their music from and they are likely to reply that they downloaded it from the internet. However, the question is how much of this downloaded content is obtained legally? While there are many sites that offer authorized downloads that comply with intellectual property rights and digital rights managements, there are still just as many – if not more – file-sharing sites that offer unauthorized downloading that doesn't follow the laws. This has divided people into two views, those who believe intellectual property rights make things public domain provided they don't get caught and then those who still view intellectual property rights as a person's private property that should be trespassed upon. The issue of intellectual property rights and digital rights management has grown beyond a simple issue of piracy and is now becoming an issue of public policy. Therefore, it is a good idea to start moving in a new copyright direction, a law in which not all users of intellectual property rights are not viewed as criminal.
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