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AlexI
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Posted: 8th May 2006 19:09
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I making a dvd but i am woried my someone will copy it is there a file i can add to the DVD to prevent people from copying it?
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 8th May 2006 19:24
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While there are solutions, there isn't a single one that cannot be circumvented I'm afraid.

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AlexI
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Posted: 8th May 2006 19:34
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Is there any basic soultions that would just put people off, for very un-techincal people? If so where can i get it?
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Alex


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 8th May 2006 19:37
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It's called scratch the disc. That usually stops people breaking into your files and copying them!


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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 8th May 2006 19:43
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just password the access to it

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AlexI
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Its video on the DVD not a program and i want people to watch it with out entering a password, i just want it so that no one can easily copy the disc. Any ideas?
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Jeku
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Posted: 8th May 2006 20:27 Edited at: 8th May 2006 20:29
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Quote: "just password the access to it "


ROFL. Impossible if it's a DVD movie.

Basically the gist is, you can't properly secure *any* media from being copied. Proof of this is a quick visit to any torrent site where you can find any piece of software or game. Nowadays if you buy a game and try to copy the disc the traditional way, it will probably give errors due to standard copy protection. But where there's a will, there's always a way.

This is the sad truth for us developers--- people will always steal your game no matter how hard you try and secure it.


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dark coder
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Posted: 8th May 2006 20:38
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unless you make an online game the requires subscription then copying the client exe wont matter, or if you make the game free, but if your just wanting to make a backup then you could just encrypt them with a pass using winrar or something.

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AlexI
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Posted: 8th May 2006 21:02
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not a game DVD movie, how can i disable copying (not copying selected files but just stop copying the whole disc)


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Jeku
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Posted: 8th May 2006 21:19
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Like I said, it's impossible. No matter how hard you secure your content on media, it can be copyable. The trick is to make the content worth money in people's eyes. Case in point: I purchased Air's Talkie Walkie album a few years ago, and it came with a DVD of their tour. Things like this make people want to spend money on your disc.

Unfortunately, DVDs aren't any different than games, and I would argue that DVDs are easier to copy than software, because the standard is set in stone. If you want your DVD to be playable in DVD players, then by that same token it can be easily copied.


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 8th May 2006 21:26
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To answer your question though:

http://www.macrovision.com/products/activereach_dvd/index.shtml

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EddieB
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Posted: 8th May 2006 21:40
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Could you not just add a watermark layer?
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 8th May 2006 22:09
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I have several CDs which simply cannot be read in a PC drive. How they do this I do not know, but it is very effective.

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