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Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy obstruction, copy prevention and copy restriction, is any effort designed to prevent the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.

Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy obstruction, copy prevention and copy restriction, is any effort designed to prevent the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.

Various methods have been devised to prevent reproduction so that companies will gain benefit from each users who obtain a copy of their product.

Unauthorized copying and distribution accounted for $2.4 billion in United States in 1990s, and is assumed to be causing impact on revenues in music or game industry, leading to proposal of anti-piracy laws such as PIPA.

Some methods of copy protection have also led to criticisms because it caused inconvenience for honest users or secretly installed additional software to watch activity on user's computer to detect copying.

Effective copy protection as well as protecting user rights is still an ongoing problem with media publication.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection

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How to stop pirates? Someone already nulled and pirated my script :(

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Is this iOS anti-piracy code any good?

I want to use that anti piracy code for my app. NSString* bundlePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]; BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:(@"%@/_CodeSignature", bundlePath)]; if (!fileExists) { //Pirated …
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How paranoid should I be about my Azure application binary files being stolen?

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How to copy protect PhoneGap Android app ? Is Android Market Copy protect feature useful?

I have PhoneGap app in Android. Now I am ready to publish it, but I would like to protect the app from eyes of script-kiddies. I first thought that it is impossible, than I have discovered "Copy protection" feature when publishing the app on the…
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Can a secret be hidden in a 'safe' java class offering access credentials?

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How to get unique hardware/software signature from a windows pc in c/c++

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Protect embedded password

I have a properties file in java, in which I store all information of my app, like logo image filename, database name, database user and database password. I can store the password encrypted on the properties file. But, the key or passphrase can be…
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Algorithm for activation key- Security

I'm writing a software application that the user needs to buy a license for and activate it. I need suggestions on how to start about writing a powerful algorithm for code generation and of course, code checking. I know that people can reverse…
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phonegap copy-protection

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C++ Intellectual Property Protection/Anti-Reversing

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Piracy protection using USB based hardware solution

i want to protect my Java product by using some USB-based authentication and password management solution like you can buy it here: aladdin This mean that you have to connect a USB stick with a special software on it, before you can start your…
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cf.net app protection (antidebug, obfuscate)

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Detecting pirated apps on iOS - vampires that incur server costs

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