Information professionals are becoming increasingly reliant on content in digital form such as databases, news feeds, e-books, electronic reference materials or e-journals; or they may wish to digitize content that they hold in hard copy format.
Rather than relying exclusively on copyright law to protect their content, rights owners make use of licences or contractual agreements - and also technology in the shape of digital rights management (DRM) and electronic rights management information systems - to protect and enforce their rights over digital assets.
