digital rights management (DRM) is a type of server software developed to enable secure distribution - and perhaps more importantly, to disable illegal distribution - paid content over the Web. DRM technology is being developed as a means of protection against online piracy of commercially marketed, which has grown through the widespread use of Napster and other file programs peer-to-peer exchange. With programs developed from the exchange of files, content owners, creators and producers need to have a plan to digitally distribute their content and protect it at the same time-a task that seems impossible. Digital Rights Management can help content providers make money by streamlining the confusing array of concepts that swirl around when DRM presentation in newspapers and business publications.