In examining the liaison between intellectual consumption and end-user autonomy through a digital lens, it proves rather disputable how privacy boundaries are determined. Over the course of the last four decades, the map of unregulated fields in cyberspace is shrinking, yet the intellectual property acquis has engaged in an enduring conflict with the privacy acquis. Rights and obligations had to be relocated into a networked arena, giving birth to Digital Rights Management technologies. Primary object of the latter has been the proper allocation of digital-content rights to their respective owners, additionally, such systems represent an effort to control unauthorized proliferation of copyrighted material. Not only broadband speeds, but also societal values have been subjected to technology advancements. By managing digital rights, these protective systems’ objective has altered, since their data accumulation scope exceeds the most advanced copyright interests. Both data subjects are eventually exposed, and information gathered concerning them is vulnerable to ungoverned dissemination. Instead of being reassured for the exclusive purpose collected, it has been evidenced that personal data are spread into secondary markets. Via an evaluative analysis, it is assuredly demonstrated that data collection principles have been regularly disrespected. Lucid explanations and specifications have only recently been provided, through a weighty legislative instrument, directly effective across the European Union, affecting copyright-safeguarding technologies among others. A variety of concepts have been introduced, most prominently the one of privacy by default and by design, a promising provision for future developments. Implementation of digital rights management systems should then reserve to be reversed and serve legitimate purposes, in contrast to today’s defiance.
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