dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796240″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796240″>DRM) has never been more important. Content is created, shared, modified, reshared, GIF-ified (if you will), and shared again at a lightning-fast pace. Consider these figures:
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Tweeps send over 650 million tweets every day
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Authors publish about 7.5 million new blog posts every day
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YouTubers upload around 720 thousand hours of video content every day
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Users send more than 333 billion emails every day
With numbers like these, how in the world can you protect your dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796279″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796279″>copyrighted material isn’t stolen and misused?
The answer is dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796241″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796241″>Digital Rights Management?
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Remember when online users visited sites like LimeWire, FrostWire, and Napster to stream, download, and trade music? That was before the evolution of modern-day dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796247″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796247″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796278″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796278″>Benefits of dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796248″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796248″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796242″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796242″>digital content ensures you get credit where credit is due and never lose a penny to leaks or unauthorized sharing.
Maintain ownership: Without dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796251″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796251″> systems, stealing content can be as simple as copying and pasting. Protect your creative work, whether that’s an ebook, film, dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796252″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796252″>license agreements before they violate them. dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796248″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796248″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796261″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796261″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796250″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796250″>Copyright laws should protect your dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796251″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796251″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796240″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796240″>DRM can protect their content with well-written code or purpose-made applications. Developers can write code to restrict content copying and implement user restrictions, but you’ll need a coder, faith, and a hefty amount of cash. Instead, many dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796253″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796253″>apps built for JWP.
Here are a few ways dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796260″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796260″>digital assets and prevents dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796281″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796281″>screenshots, saves, forwards, or shares.
Expiration dates: Limit how long or the dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796270″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796270″>end-users can access your content (useful for rentals or subscriptions).
User limits: Restrict the user counts, dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796289″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796289″>IP addresses that can access your content (like with dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796244″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796244″>Watermarks: Add dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796247″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796247″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796240″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796240″>DRM solution is created equally. Some use clunky dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796248″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796248″>DRMdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796270″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796270″>end-users. If it’s too cumbersome and complicated, it might help your asset protection, but it’ll hurt your user experience.
Reliability: You need a platform with fast uploading and downloading speeds—plus, it needs proven uptime you can count on.
Adaptability: The best dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796258″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796258″>APIs: Ideally, your dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796258″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796258″>APIs to give you total flexibility and control over your content.
dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796248″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796248″> software solutions often protect a variety of dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796240″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796240″>DRM tool before you make an investment. Most will offer a free trial or a sales demo—take advantage of these offers and get your hands dirty with the product.
Safeguard Your dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796241″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796241″>Digital rights management isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s a need-to-have component of any dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796242″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796242″>digital content, don’t settle for less. Choose JWP.
JWP provides the complete video platform for independent creators and enterprises, and we don’t compromise when it comes to content protection. We provide HLS token signing, geo-blocking, 24/7 monitoring, 99.999% uptime, and studio-approved multi-dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796271″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796271″>Microsoftdropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796249″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796249″>Apple dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796268″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796268″>Widevine
Our easy-to-use JW Dashboard makes it easy to manage your dropdown#toggle” data-dropdown-menu-id-param=”menu_term_237796258″ data-dropdown-placement-param=”top” data-term-id=”237796258″>APIs for more customization and control.
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