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qbert · 21-04-2004

I am a small producer of a little video, and I want to stop most users from copying my video. I am looking for inexpensive copy protection.

My question is:

If I use DVDXCOPY to make my 'customer copies' from my producer's original, how good actually are the anti-piracy measures built into its DVDXCOPY series of software, specifically they have:

-- An embedded bit flag that prevents making a copy of a copy using DVDXCOPY.

I spoke to 321 Studios tech support and they can't tell me if this "embedded bit flag copy protection" will stop a person from copying my video using another copy program like RecordNow or some other copy program, although they say that it will stop someone from making a copy using XCOPY. If it only stops a pirate who uses one brand of software copying program, then it's not worth me using.

Does anyone know how I can inexpensively protect my video from being copied (not foolproof, but decent protection)?

21-04-2004	#1 (permalink)
qbert New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2	Anti-piracy small scale <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I am a small producer of a little video, and I want to stop most users from copying my video. I am looking for inexpensive copy protection. My question is: If I use DVDXCOPY to make my 'customer copies' from my producer's original, how good actually are the anti-piracy measures built into its DVDXCOPY series of software, specifically they have: -- An embedded bit flag that prevents making a copy of a copy using DVDXCOPY. I spoke to 321 Studios tech support and they can't tell me if this "embedded bit flag copy protection" will stop a person from copying my video using another copy program like RecordNow or some other copy program, although they say that it will stop someone from making a copy using XCOPY. If it only stops a pirate who uses one brand of software copying program, then it's not worth me using. Does anyone know how I can inexpensively protect my video from being copied (not foolproof, but decent protection)?