[MPlayer-users] mplayer and Windows Media DRM

[Andrew Pimlott]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 10:34:09PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 02:11:38PM -0700, Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> >     A:  DRM (Digital Restrictions Management or Digital Rights
> >         Management) systems are intended to restrict what software can
> 
> Some people like to change the word to restrictions, but I think the
> original name is perfect. DRM _is_ digital rights management. It
> manages (euphemism for takes away) the rights of the user who
> purchased the file. :)

Digital Rights Massacre, then?  Seriously, this is not the place to
grind that axe, so I'm happy with whatever acronym expansion the FAQ
owner likes. :-)

Andrew