Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 - Club CDFreaks

AnOrO · 14-05-2003

Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3

Market Leading Technology for PC Games Protection Now Has DVD Signature

LOS ANGELES at E3, May 14, 2003 - LOS ANGELES at E3 - May 14, 2003 - Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN), the leading provider of copy protection and digital rights management (“DRM”) technologies, today unveiled its new DVD version of SafeDisc® during the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3 Expo) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. SafeDisc-DVD protects DVD-ROMs from unauthorized copying.

SafeDisc is the most effective and widely used copy protection available for CD-ROMs, protecting over 70% of the top 20 PC games titles sold to retail in the United States, according to the NPD Techworld data for 2002. Once again demonstrating its industry leadership, Macrovision has extended the patented SafeDisc technologies for the growing DVD-ROM market to provide developers and publishers with a high level of copy protection for this higher capacity format.

The number of DVD-ROM games available is growing rapidly due to the popularity of DVD-enabled consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation2, and due to the increasing use of DVD media for PC games. While the current version of SafeDisc-DVD is optimized for PC DVD-ROM drives, the same technologies can be used as a second-level copy protection enhancement to the proprietary copy protection and security features that are used by console games manufacturers.

Steve Weinstein, executive vice president of Macrovision’s Entertainment Technologies Group said, “SafeDisc provides the highest level of security against both unauthorized copying and hackers by effectively encrypting each title and incorporating a sophisticated digital signature. The widening availability of games titles on DVD-ROM is expected to provide a boost to the industry and fuel demand amongst consumers. Macrovision is pleased to extend our de facto industry standard software copy protection solution from CD-ROMs to the DVD-ROM format.”

About SafeDisc

SafeDisc is a software-based solution that does not require any changes to the publisher’s application code and is compatible with standard PC or Mac environments and CD/DVD-ROM hardware. It is comprised of authenticating digital signatures embedded on the disc, an encryption wrapper, and various anti-hacking technologies that secure the CD/DVD-ROM executable. The patented SafeDisc digital signatures are added to each original disc during the mastering/replication process and prevent copying by standard optical disc writers.

SafeDisc is comprised of three main feature-modules:

· An encrypted wrapper, using the industry-proven SafeDisc Toolkit.

· Anti-hacking software, which is added at the time of encrypting the application. This anti-hacking technology prevents hackers from de-bugging the software or reverse-engineering the product.

· A digital signature, which is added at the time of mastering and is required to decrypt and run the application.

With a number of security options available, depending on the requirements of the publisher, SafeDisc DVD is extremely flexible. It can be set up to require the original DVD-ROM be present in the DVD drive each time the main application is accessed, or for the DVD-ROM to be inserted after a specified number of days, at the discretion of the publisher. Alternatively, the configuration can be formatted to lock the application to a particular PC, so that the DVD-ROM is only required for installation.

About Macrovision

Macrovision develops and markets digital rights management (“DRM”), copy protection and electronic license management (“ELM”) technologies for the consumer software, enterprise software, home video and music industries. Macrovision’s copy control and DRM solutions for consumer software enable publishers to develop, distribute, and promote their products securely while facilitating flexible licensing options for consumers. Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with international offices in London, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul. For more information, please visit www.macrovision.com.

*theunbeatable* · 14-05-2003

OH MY

another unbreakable copy-protection

And indeed another challange...

**Da_Taxman** · 15-05-2003

Also posted here:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/7172

**Dee-ehn** · 15-05-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by theunbeatable
OH MY another unbreakable copy-protection

Nah just another challenge.

Those guys at Macrovision know very well that any copy protection will be defeated, as it's only a matter of time and creativity.

Marco_83 · 15-05-2003

if the protection will be defeated, the backup copy work on a consol with the actual modchip?

thanks

*alexnoe* · 15-05-2003

I wonder if they have found a way to create weak sectors on DVDs.

nite0859 · 15-05-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Marco_83
if the protection will be defeated, the backup copy work on a consol with the actual modchip?

thanks

In other words, hey fellas, what'll happen if Ps2 and XBox make use of this technology on their DVD games? Wouldn't it make backups a little bit harder?

NiTe

*ckin2001* · 15-05-2003

dont expect to see this on consoles

*theunbeatable* · 15-05-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Marco_83
if the protection will be defeated, the backup copy work on a consol with the actual modchip?

thanks

you know what it is it with these protections: It is made by humans so it also defeatable by them!!

AtomicX · 16-05-2003

"In other words, hey fellas, what'll happen if Ps2 and XBox make use of this technology on their DVD games? Wouldn't it make backups a little bit harder?"

XBOX DVDs are apparently written back to front, and cannot be read by PC DVD drives. (How true this is, I cannot say)

V@A · 17-05-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by theunbeatable

you know what it is it with these protections: It is made by humans so it also defeatable by them!!

if they can make it we can break it

*Chriso* · 17-05-2003

True, anything made by humans can be reverse engineered.

Sorondil · 17-05-2003

Just one more log for the technology revolution.

RdStr1998 · 04-01-2006

"SafeDisc is a software-based solution that does not require any changes to the publisher’s application code and is compatible with standard PC or Mac environments and CD/DVD-ROM hardware"

I have had a few problems installing games...usually switching to other drive or copying to HDD has allowed installation to complete.

However, with my need for speed: most wanted black edition.
The install keeps prompting me for either disk 2 or disk 3 depending on drive.

The fact that the install gets to differing places and inists i have the wrong disk in..has always led me to belive that my drives were not compatible with the copy protection.

But from the quote i start off with that i read in this thread...apparantly there is no copy protection compatibility issues.

I have tried posting in a couple of forums...LG/ and EA tech support. Nobe give me a definitive answer. LG and EA seem to go out of their way not to answer whether the copy protection on disk is messing up my install.

I don't care about trying to make a back up of the disks. I simply want to install the darn game on my HDD. (In this case EA's instructions for copying files to HDD and the installing do not work. I get prompted to insert disk into F: (my hdd) instead of d: (4136b LG dvd-writer)

bottom line: I am actually thinking of breaking down and just buying a dvd-rom drive and mothballing my cd-writer. But to make this choice..i have to know if it is the copy protection messin up my installs.

*Mr. Belvedere* · 04-01-2006

gotta love people who revive three year old threads

*debro* · 04-01-2006

RdStr1998 · 05-01-2006

heh, shrug...didn't notice the date. Instead of making me post again somewhere else. got answers?

pyro_dragun · 05-01-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by ckin2001

dont expect to see this on consoles

Yeah, cause it will either refuse to run cause of their crappy protection, or break your DVD drive

. Stupid macrovision, all they are doing is wasting money on something that will be broken 3 months after its release.

Macrovision isn't after protection of intellectual property, they are just after money. If companies really wanted to protect games, they would require online activation, sort of like valve does with steam. It's still not 100% fool proof, but it most likely works better.

*coathi* · 05-01-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyro_dragun

Macrovision isn't after protection of intellectual property, they are just after money.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyro_dragun

If companies really wanted to protect games, they would require online activation, sort of like valve does with steam. It's still not 100% fool proof, but it most likely works better.

Microsoft found out online activation is not 100% fool proof and doesn’t work.

*Chriso* · 05-01-2006

Funny how we still can't beat Safedisc DVDs.

*debro* · 05-01-2006

Funny thing that ... since Macrovision protection requires DAO, and available DVD writers can only write SAO.

*Airhead* · 06-01-2006

Seriously, "news"?

I blame Hemi's unfounded hatred of wallpaper for the relocation of this thread.

14-05-2003	#1 (permalink)
AnOrO CD Freaks Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Eternal Spring City Posts: 219	Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 <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> Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 Market Leading Technology for PC Games Protection Now Has DVD Signature LOS ANGELES at E3, May 14, 2003 - LOS ANGELES at E3 - May 14, 2003 - Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN), the leading provider of copy protection and digital rights management (“DRM”) technologies, today unveiled its new DVD version of SafeDisc® during the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3 Expo) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. SafeDisc-DVD protects DVD-ROMs from unauthorized copying. SafeDisc is the most effective and widely used copy protection available for CD-ROMs, protecting over 70% of the top 20 PC games titles sold to retail in the United States, according to the NPD Techworld data for 2002. Once again demonstrating its industry leadership, Macrovision has extended the patented SafeDisc technologies for the growing DVD-ROM market to provide developers and publishers with a high level of copy protection for this higher capacity format. The number of DVD-ROM games available is growing rapidly due to the popularity of DVD-enabled consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation2, and due to the increasing use of DVD media for PC games. While the current version of SafeDisc-DVD is optimized for PC DVD-ROM drives, the same technologies can be used as a second-level copy protection enhancement to the proprietary copy protection and security features that are used by console games manufacturers. Steve Weinstein, executive vice president of Macrovision’s Entertainment Technologies Group said, “SafeDisc provides the highest level of security against both unauthorized copying and hackers by effectively encrypting each title and incorporating a sophisticated digital signature. The widening availability of games titles on DVD-ROM is expected to provide a boost to the industry and fuel demand amongst consumers. Macrovision is pleased to extend our de facto industry standard software copy protection solution from CD-ROMs to the DVD-ROM format.” About SafeDisc SafeDisc is a software-based solution that does not require any changes to the publisher’s application code and is compatible with standard PC or Mac environments and CD/DVD-ROM hardware. It is comprised of authenticating digital signatures embedded on the disc, an encryption wrapper, and various anti-hacking technologies that secure the CD/DVD-ROM executable. The patented SafeDisc digital signatures are added to each original disc during the mastering/replication process and prevent copying by standard optical disc writers. SafeDisc is comprised of three main feature-modules: · An encrypted wrapper, using the industry-proven SafeDisc Toolkit. · Anti-hacking software, which is added at the time of encrypting the application. This anti-hacking technology prevents hackers from de-bugging the software or reverse-engineering the product. · A digital signature, which is added at the time of mastering and is required to decrypt and run the application. With a number of security options available, depending on the requirements of the publisher, SafeDisc DVD is extremely flexible. It can be set up to require the original DVD-ROM be present in the DVD drive each time the main application is accessed, or for the DVD-ROM to be inserted after a specified number of days, at the discretion of the publisher. Alternatively, the configuration can be formatted to lock the application to a particular PC, so that the DVD-ROM is only required for installation. About Macrovision Macrovision develops and markets digital rights management (“DRM”), copy protection and electronic license management (“ELM”) technologies for the consumer software, enterprise software, home video and music industries. Macrovision’s copy control and DRM solutions for consumer software enable publishers to develop, distribute, and promote their products securely while facilitating flexible licensing options for consumers. Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with international offices in London, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul. For more information, please visit www.macrovision.com. __________________

14-05-2003	#2 (permalink)
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Marco_83 New on Forum Join Date: May 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 15	if the protection will be defeated, the backup copy work on a consol with the actual modchip? thanks

16-05-2003	#10 (permalink)
AtomicX CD Freaks Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 207	"In other words, hey fellas, what'll happen if Ps2 and XBox make use of this technology on their DVD games? Wouldn't it make backups a little bit harder?" XBOX DVDs are apparently written back to front, and cannot be read by PC DVD drives. (How true this is, I cannot say) __________________ AtomicXperiance

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04-01-2006	#14 (permalink)
RdStr1998 New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 "SafeDisc is a software-based solution that does not require any changes to the publisher’s application code and is compatible with standard PC or Mac environments and CD/DVD-ROM hardware" I have had a few problems installing games...usually switching to other drive or copying to HDD has allowed installation to complete. However, with my need for speed: most wanted black edition. The install keeps prompting me for either disk 2 or disk 3 depending on drive. The fact that the install gets to differing places and inists i have the wrong disk in..has always led me to belive that my drives were not compatible with the copy protection. But from the quote i start off with that i read in this thread...apparantly there is no copy protection compatibility issues. I have tried posting in a couple of forums...LG/ and EA tech support. Nobe give me a definitive answer. LG and EA seem to go out of their way not to answer whether the copy protection on disk is messing up my install. I don't care about trying to make a back up of the disks. I simply want to install the darn game on my HDD. (In this case EA's instructions for copying files to HDD and the installing do not work. I get prompted to insert disk into F: (my hdd) instead of d: (4136b LG dvd-writer) bottom line: I am actually thinking of breaking down and just buying a dvd-rom drive and mothballing my cd-writer. But to make this choice..i have to know if it is the copy protection messin up my installs.

04-01-2006	#15 (permalink)
Mr. Belvedere CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cthulhu Ninja Zombie Posts: 14,666	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 gotta love people who revive three year old threads __________________ I might be evil. Want to make dvd movie backups? Take the 5-step or the 2-step process. Fun, fast and free!

04-01-2006	#16 (permalink)
debro Blown to smitherines Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The c@ke mixer Posts: 9,700	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 lol __________________ CDFreaks - Overwhelmed by Ignorance since 2005! We lost the battle, but we haven't lost the war! Click Here to sign up to the resistance movement! Viva La Resistance! Admitting that you've illegally downloaded movies/songs and need help to process/burn is comparable to robbing a bank, and walking into the bank the next day holding the bags of money to deposit them into your account. Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you make the headlines.

05-01-2006	#17 (permalink)
RdStr1998 New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 heh, shrug...didn't notice the date. Instead of making me post again somewhere else. got answers?

05-01-2006	#20 (permalink)
Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,062	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 Funny how we still can't beat Safedisc DVDs. __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

05-01-2006	#21 (permalink)
debro Blown to smitherines Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The c@ke mixer Posts: 9,700	Re: Macrovision Announces SafeDisc® DVD-ROM Copy Protection at E3 Funny thing that ... since Macrovision protection requires DAO, and available DVD writers can only write SAO. __________________ CDFreaks - Overwhelmed by Ignorance since 2005! We lost the battle, but we haven't lost the war! Click Here to sign up to the resistance movement! Viva La Resistance! Admitting that you've illegally downloaded movies/songs and need help to process/burn is comparable to robbing a bank, and walking into the bank the next day holding the bags of money to deposit them into your account. Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you make the headlines.

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