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A few ways:
1. A Content Scrambling System (CSS) is used to scramble the audio/video data on a DVD-Video disc- some DVD authoring software like Sonic's DVD Producer Adobe Encore DVD and others have it built in.
DVDs produced by consumer authoring programs are not protected, so that anyone with a DVD burner can simply copy the entire thing onto another disc.
2. Pressed DVDs from Hollywood studios use CSS and Macrovision protection methods, which sets protection on a track-by-track or marker-by-marker basis in the Track menu, but there are many programs available that will copy even these protected DVDs with one click using a CSS decrypter- not worth it in my opinion and Macrovision is an expensive option.
3. If you want the copyright on your work to be observed, practically speaking, my best advice is to maintain a good relationship with your customers. Also use well-designed packaging, disc surface printing, cover art and inserts to support the idea that your original DVD is something of value to be respected.
4. A few technical tricks is to make ghost or un-referenced files on a DVD - all you have to do is import the mpeg2 file into your DVD authoring program and add it to the project but don?t point anything to it - add random dummy files making it much harder for those who use ifo editors to see which program is the actual presentation. Import a blank 720x480 .bmp and make it act as if it's a movie - but make them unreferenced.
5. Another trick is to author onto dual layer so it makes it harder to do a 1:1 copy.
6. Choose from these software products:
Alkatraz
Copy protection for CD and DVD based on a "watermark" system, implemented during the glass mastering process. More info
CD-Cops
CD-Cops is a envelope protection which is added to the CD’s main executable. Can be applied to discs in-house at the time of mastering. More info
X-Protect
CD-Cops is a envelope protection which is added to the CD’s main executable. Can be applied to discs in-house at the time of mastering. More info
CDSHiELD
CDSHiELD protect your CD (before burning it)with putting volontary sectors-errors to prevent copying from third unauthorised persons. Low cost solution. More info
CrypKey
It prevents unauthorized use and duplication of your software in mere minutes, without having to write any code. Solutions for business of all sizes. More info
Don't Bother Burn™ (DBB)
The protection comprises several separate security modules which work together to create the complexity that crackers encounter in their attempts to break the protection. More info
HexaLock
HexaLock CD-RX media are specially made CD-R's that contain a pre-compiled session, which includes security elements that make the discs copy protectable. The program files [1] are linked to these security elements during the recording process, thus creating a copy-protected CD-R. The duplication process can be done in one-off mode, or in an automated mode in selected duplication systems. More info
LaserLock
LaserLock uses a combination of encryption software and a unique laser marking a "physical signature" on the CD surface made during the special LaserLock glass mastering procedure, in order to make copying virtually impossible. More info
ProtectCD
With VOB ProtectCD you can easily create your own copy-protected CDs. ProtectCD works together with the CD-WIZARD (Gold and Pro) and creates pre-masters. CDs created from this masters can't be copied with common CD-Recorders and CD-Rs. The second part of ProtectCD is the complete integration in your programs or InstallShield Scripts. More info
Roxxe
Roxxe CD protection is a brand new combination of hardware and software protection that makes it impossible to run software from illegally copied CDs. Protected software can be created under various development environments: C++ / Delphi / Macromedia Director / Multimedia Toolbook / …, while protection can be implemented at various levels, depending on customers' requirements and their options. More info
SafeDisc
Software publishers and developers need an effective and comprehensive anti-piracy solution to protect their intellectual property from copying, hacking and Internet distribution, while still ensuring a high quality experience for consumers. SafeDisc is the industry’s most successful and widely used anti-piracy solution for CD and DVD-ROMs. More info
SecuROM
A unique SecuROM™ electronic keycode is added to the CD/DVD-ROM with the use of special glass-mastering equipment which was developped by Sony DADC. This equipment is installed at all SecuROM™ enabled replication plants. More info
SmarteCD
Smarte Solutions ("Smarte") is the leading provider of next generation Piracy Management solutions that secure and control the use of software and digital information while enhancing the distribution and marketing-related capabilities of those products. More importantly, we enable customers to turn Piracy Management into a substantial competitive advantage. More info
StarForce
Starforce Technologies is well known to the games and software world for its outstanding and hacker-proof copy protection systems for applications distributed on CD, DVD and CD-R. More info
Tages
TAGES enables you to choose how the protection affects unauthorized copies, from slightly modifying to completely blocking the functioning of the software. It is completely transparent to the end-user and does not require any specific set-up or on line transaction before launching the protected software. More info
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