What is DRM? What is unprotecting songs and movies? Do you support piracy?Is it legal

Originally Posted by gaurav sharma

Huge knowledge base and very useful content
What is this DRM. what does it mean and what is its full form. What do you mean by "unprotecting" the songs?
Does this mean simple conversion of formats of sound files or something else?
Hoping to get useful information

Digital Right Management (DRM) restricts the usage of audio/video files. DRM protection was meant to stop piracy, but it poses too many restrictions and limits your Fair Use rights. By removing DRM protection (unprotecting media files) you remove any restrictions. After that you're free to listen to audio files and watch videos on any device you have.

p.s. DRM removal software is intended to make fair-use backups only. We do not encourage any pirate activity.