CD/DVD copy protection is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for CDs and DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD-checks, Dummy Files, illegal...
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and other media. Copy protection is most commonly found on videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, HD-DVDs, computer software discs, video game discs and cartridges...
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Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes. They allow the user to run computer software without having to insert their required CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. This...
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The following compact discs, sold by Sony BMG, were shipped with the computer software known as Extended Copy Protection (XCP). As a result, any Microsoft...
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This is a list of notable CD and DVD copy protection schemes. For other medias, see List of Copy Protection Schemes. CD-Cops Requires the user to enter...
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In 2005, it was revealed that the implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs distributed by Sony BMG installed one of two pieces...
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Disk image (redirect from Disc image)
systemsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback no-CD crack – Disc copy protection circumventionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets...
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ARccOS protection; it is also naturally overcome by using ddrescue, a Linux utility designed to copy images with errors. Compact Disc and DVD copy protection...
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The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) is an organization primarily responsible for the copy protection of DVDs. The Content Scramble System (CSS)...
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Ltd) and sold as a copy protection or digital rights management (DRM) scheme for Compact Discs. It was used on some CDs distributed by Sony BMG and sparked...
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Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs...
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Regional lockout (redirect from Region Free DVD Player)
outside their specified region). The DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and UMD media formats all support the use of region coding; DVDs use eight region codes (Region 7...
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programs (watched using DVD players), software and other computer files. DVDs offer significantly higher storage capacity than compact discs (CD) while having...
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The Analog Protection System (APS), also known as Analog Copy Protection (ACP), Copyguard or Macrovision, is a VHS and DVD copy protection system originally...
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Advanced Access Content System (redirect from Managed Copy)
content distribution and digital rights management, intended to restrict access to and copying of the post-DVD generation of optical discs. The specification...
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This is a list of notable copy protection schemes for various medias. Dongle Hardware key containing electronic serial number required to run the software;...
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Crack (section Arts, entertainment, and media)
related to digital rights management No-disc crack, software to circumvent Compact Disc and DVD copy protection Password cracking, the process of recovering...
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Software blacklist (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
and music on CD and DVD to prevent copying. Essentially the software on the disc will audit the user's computer for certain types of virtual CD and CD...
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1989. Several types of protection existed. While basically intended as a means of copy-protecting compact discs, Copy Control discs cannot properly be referred...
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player Videocassette recorder Compact Disc and DVD copy protection "Toshiba Science Museum : World's First DVD Player". toshiba-mirai-kagakukan.jp. Retrieved...
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Super Audio CD (redirect from Super audio compact disc)
Sony and Philips Electronics and intended to be the successor to the compact disc (CD) format. The SACD format allows multiple audio channels (i.e. surround...
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Content Protection for Recordable Media and Pre-Recorded Media (CPRM / CPPM) is a mechanism for restricting the copying, moving, and deletion of digital...
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CD-ROM (redirect from Compact disc read-only memory)
CD-ROM (/ˌsiːdiːˈrɒm/, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers...
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Laserdisc until the advent of the DVD. In 1979, Philips and Sony, in consortium, successfully developed the audio compact disc. In 1979, Exxon STAR Systems...
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AACS encryption key controversy (redirect from HD DVD Night)
making a particular number illegal. Commercial HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs integrate copy protection technology specified by the AACS LA. There are several...
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Data position measurement (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
CD and DVD copy protection mechanism that operates by measuring the physical location of data on an optical disc. Stamped CDs are perfect clones and always...
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Key2Audio (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
compliant and should not use the "Compact Disc" logo. As with any passive DRM technology some players are unable to play the non-standard disc. Since optical...
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Content Scramble System (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
protection mechanisms for DVD-Video discs. CSS attempts to restrict access to the content only for licensed applications. According to the DVD Copy Control...
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Cinavia (category Compact Disc and DVD copy protection)
noticed. Compact Disc and DVD copy protection US application 2010111355, Petrovic, Rade; Tehranchi, Babak & Winograd, Joseph M. et al., "Methods and Apparatus...
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Ripping (redirect from Circumvention of DVD copy protection)
support, DVD and Blu-ray Disc decryption, copy protection removal and the ability to make discs unrestricted and region-free. While some DVD rippers only...
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