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ProtectDISC Video - DVD Copy Protection

The music and video industries are losing billions of dollars of revenue from unauthorized copying. Inexpensive digital recording devices are now widely available. And, it seems that freely copying somebody else's copyrighted material is often viewed as an entitlement.

Although the DVD originally came with copy protection systems by design, these systems (CSS and Macrovision) were quickly broken and today don't limit copying of video material.

ProtectDISC Video is a new copy protection, especially designed for DVD-Video. By combining special media structures implemented at the replicator facility with the DVD internal navigation structure, ProtectDISC Video makes it impossible to created 1:1 copies or complete rips of the protected DVD.

ProtectDISC Video effectively protects DVDs against:

• Duplicate the complete DVD by direct 1:1 copying - The copy program will either stop or take a very long time (multiple hours) to copy. The result will not play back in consumer and software players.
• Duplicate the complete DVD by file based copying - The copy program will either stop or take a very long time (multiple hours) to copy. The result will not play back in consumer and software players.
• Rip separate titles from the DVD - ProtectDISC Video will protect one title on the disc against ripping (typically the main movie) - trying to rip this will result in a very long ripping time (multiple hours) and distorted video.
• Emulate the original DVD - not possible, because Ripping programs will not create a valid image.
• Professional piracy through mass replication is much harder (* although with good equipment possible - we don't belive any other claim from competing products)

From the users perspective ProtectDISC Video is a preferred choice because of:

• Very fast protection detection and almost 100% compatibility - the figerprint check is performed in virtually no time. Since the structure of the movie is 100% compatible with the DVD-Video specification almost no compatibility issues are introduced.
• 100% transparent check - until trying to copy the user is not aware of the protection

ProtectDISC Video offers the following advantages to the development/QA department:

• No need for any special handling since the whole process is done in the replication facility
• Pre-Production samples can be reviewd on any standard DVD device

The implementation is done solely by the replicator:

• The unique DiscBuilder Tool autmatically makes all adjustments needed on an image bases.
• Sophisticated QA Software verifies that all production steps have been correctly performed before the actual stamping.
• The implementation is done fully automatically within 25 minutes of work and as part of the standard work flow.

ProtectDISC Video can be applied by any DVD manufacturing plant.