Harinarayana, N SSomu, C SSunil, M V2010-05-122010-05-122009-02-25978-81-902079-8-0http://hdl.handle.net/1944/1071The purpose of this article is to summarize the development and application of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the digital library scenario. The authors identify the effects of DRM on the trinity of digital libraries – the creators, the content and the consumers. And, introduce the Open source projects on DRM. The article summarizes the technology process and effects of DRM in digital libraries within a legal frame work.enCopyrightDigital Rights Management,Digital LibraryOpen Source SoftwareArticle