Digital Rights Management: Staying Alive.

How much does piracy affect the profitability of new enterprises and start-ups?

Piracy mostly affects the profits of established corporations who distribute a large amount of media either digitally or that can be copied into a digital format. For new enterprises or start ups this can be 100% especially if they are an online business.

Does digital rights management affect the survivability and viability of companies making an income from digital content or information?

However, there are certain industries that can be just as affected by piracy in the beginning as other corporations can later. For example, if you start a web content service, which is big business on the internet, you will need a way to protect the samples that you hand out or work that has been rejected by the client. DRM can be the difference between sink or swim for companies that make an income from digital content or information. Once your original content is stolen, it is original no more.

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