DRM, or Digital Rights Management, has long been used to control access and functionality of digital media purchased online, such as music or videos bought through iTunes. Now, this same concept is being applied to CAD models, and is set to debut in SolidWorks 2008 due out later this year. Not only will companies be able to restrict what other individuals or companies can view models, but they can also restrict what those others can actually DO to the model. It’ll be interesting to play around with this and see how much functionality they’re putting into it. Read more at Design News.