The abbreviation "DRM" stands for the management of rights by digital means and deals with technical anti-copying protection measures and the electronic administration of contractual rights.

No DRM application is currently in place for broadcasting (DRM is not to be confused with conditional access). To establish an appropriate policy framework for DRM systems, it is crucial for any such system to be compatible with regulatory aims to help ensure that all European citizens have access to a wide choice of radio and television programmes from different Member States.

With the EBU Memorandum on DRM, elaborated by an Interdisciplinary Group of Members' technicians and lawyers, the EBU wishes to contribute to the "open dialogue" on DRM initiated by the European Commission, with a view to ensuring that any DRM system proposed for digital broadcasting is well balanced, socially acceptable and user-friendly.

Click here for the full text of the Memorandum.

http://www.ebu.ch/departments/legal/pdf/leg_pp_memorandum_drm_200503.pdf