1.Digital rights management (DRM) is a generic term that refers to access control technologies used by hardware manufacturers, publishers and copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. The term is used to describe any technology which makes the unauthorized use of media or devices technically formidable, and generally doesn’t include other forms of copy protection which can be circumvented without modifying the media or device, such as serial numbers or keyfiles. It can also refer to restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or devices.
2.The RIAA is an acronym for the Recording Industry Association of America, which is composed of large companies that oversee the recording and distribution of music in the US. Approximately 90% of recording companies or distributors are members of the RIAA. The association’s goals are now primarily steered toward copyright protection. This is a big change from the establishment of the RIAA in the 1950s, where the biggest concern was standardizing the quality of vinyl records, and later cassette tapes.
3.The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), is a non-profit business and trade association based in the United States, which was formed to advance the business interests of movie studios.
The current Chairman and CEO of the MPAA is Dan Glickman. MPAA members include the “big six” major Hollywood studios, which are
4.RealDVD is an easy-to-use application that lets you save your DVDs — movies, TV shows, or home DVDs — to your PC digitally and legally. Best of all, you can play them from your hard drive whenever and wherever you want without the discs.
5.EFF is the leading civil liberties group defending your rights in the digital world.
Chinese Skype Client Hands Confidential Communications to Eavesdroppers
This Wednesday, Information Warfare Monitor published damning evidence showing that TOM-Skype, the version of the voice and chat program distributed in China not only blocks keywords from chat conversations, but also spies on and remotely reports the contents of Skype users’ private text conversations. This directly contradicts Skype’s previous assurances that “full end-to-end security is preserved and there is no compromise of people’s privacy”, even on the customized Chinese client.
