

Such laws are part of the United States' Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the European Union's Information Society Directive (the French DADVSI is an example of a member state of the European Union ("EU") implementing the directive). Worldwide, many laws have been created which criminalize the circumvention of DRM, communication about such circumvention, and the creation and distribution of tools used for such circumvention. DRM technologies try to control the use, modification, and distribution of copyrighted works (such as software and multimedia content), as well as systems within devices that enforce these policies. Technology to control access to copyrighted works and prevent unauthorized copyingĭigital rights management ( DRM) tools or technological protection measures ( TPM) are a set of access control technologies for restricting the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works.
