Benefits of Windows Media DRM

Windows Media's "Digital permission management" (DRM) is a flexible platform that can securely transmit on-demand content and subscription content, to play on a computer, portable device, or network device. If you want to create, transfer, or play digital media content, you can benefit from DRM because it provides a series of content protection mechanisms to ensure that the content owner can provide high-quality content. At the same time, it provides portability and ensures that consumers can enjoy digital media content anytime and anywhere through a variety of devices.

In recent years, online distribution and digital media content consumption have developed rapidly, but are notorious. Various technologies, laws, and business problems have always plagued this market. The final result is that protection measures must be taken to enable people to enjoy a variety of digital audio and video content. However, such protection measures should be as transparent as possible to avoid affecting the user experience. As a result, the Windows Media DRM platform technology came into being, with it:

• Content owners can use reliable EncryptionAlgorithmPackage files to protect their digital media content
• Content owners and content service providers can use their flexibility to try new business models
• Consumers can search, obtain, and play content from anywhere

Benefits to content owners

Over the years, Microsoft has worked tirelessly with most companies in the software industry to combat piracy. Therefore, Microsoft has a deep understanding of the losses that digital media piracy has caused to artists and publishing companies.

Windows Media DRM debuted in August 1999. This platform includes server and client sdks and porting kits.ProgramProtects and plays digital media files. For more information, see platform components of Windows Media DRM.

Windows Media DRM 10 supports many new applications that provide content owners with new channels close to consumers. Most importantly, the content owner does not have to recode the existing content to use this new feature.

By using the Windows Media permission Manager SDK, content providers can transmit music, videos, and other digital media files over the Internet in a protected encrypted file format. These files can be stream played or downloaded to the consumer's computer. With Windows Media DRM 10, these files can be directly transmitted to devices connected to the Internet.

By using the DRM component in the Windows Media Format SDK, developers can write applications for obtaining licenses and decrypting protected digital media files. Then, the consumer can use these applications to play protected digital media files.

Using Windows Media DRM together with Windows Media Encoder also supports real-time encryption. By simultaneously encoding and encryption of files, you can ensure that the content remains safe before being transmitted.

Benefits to content service providers

Many content service providers have established online stores to distribute digital media files protected by Windows Media DRM. No matter how widely these files are distributed, content providers can be assured of their security.

With Windows Media DRM 10, content service providers can launch new business models dedicated to expanding the online content market. For more information, see Windows Media DRM applications. Other benefits to content service providers include:

• The platform has extended the content playback function, allowing consumers to transmit content obtained through the subscription service to portable devices, thus opening up a market with unlimited potential.
• It accelerates the process of obtaining or renewing licenses in large content libraries and improves user satisfaction with online services.

The flexibility of this platform enables content service providers to provide content samples or trial versions with certain timeliness, or securely distribute content among consumers. In short, content service providers can choose multiple ways to attract and maintain different target consumer groups.

Benefits to users

Digital media distribution provides consumers with convenient access to their favorite content at any time. After the content is protected by Windows Media DRM 10, consumers have more options. In today's market, various content service providers, devices, and "purchase and download" payment methods and subscription modes emerge one after another, consumers can make the most satisfactory choices based on their own situations. Windows Media DRM 10 allows consumers to get the subscribed content and pass it to their desired devices, giving them more options.