It's a scheme designed to protect creators' copyright and stop digital piracy in the first place. It's not practical for the police to catch all these law-breakers online and here comes DRM.ĭRM protection is short for Digital Rights Management. However, some lawbreakers get the files by some illegal means and resell them for money. The copyright of these creators, writers, and producers needed to be protected. are uploaded for people who need them to purchase. Software, hardware, and digital content like music, videos, ebooks, DVDs, games, documents, etc. Let me give you a brief introduction so that you can have a better understanding. Some of you might have never heard of DRM protection before and wonder what's DRM. How to Unlock DRM from Previous iTunes Music Purchases How to Tell If A Song Is DRM Protected in iTunes