DRM, or digital rights management

It is linked to intellectual property protection. It enables to protect technically a piece of work from copy for example in the music industry. It is used to protect for example CDs, DVDs,... from copy but it opposes to the copyrights which exist for example in France. In France, it existed a law that allowed private copies but this law was recently modified under the pressure of artists' associations but especially of the music industry. Anyway, I don't think the latter do it really to protect artsits' rights but for their own interests. So as far as I'm concerned, I find normal that artists should be paid for their work but at the same time, I think that this will not resolve the problem. It is a protest of people who do not really understand the philosophy of this media. I don't download music on Internet but I understand the young people who do it because CDs are so expensive that some can not afford them. By the way, those who want to stop copies don't protest against the role played by the Internet suppliers that make money on it. So I think the problem will not be solved as long as the good questions will not be asked.