Global: Digital rights management and the war against your "fair use" rights

A massive secret war on consumers' rights to make legal use of audio, video, print, and other media is being waged. Sascha Meinrath wirtes that this battle, under the ironically titled rubrics of “Digital Rights Management” (DRM) is part of the ongoing battle to more fully commoditize previously free media use and exact additional control over copyrighted material and extract additional profits from media consumers.