Macrovision Intros RipGuard DVD to Reduce Digital Piracy
February 16, 2005
Santa Clara, CA - Macrovision has announced a new tool in its battle against copyright infringement and unauthorized copying.
RipGuard DVD is its new digital rip-control solution for DVD Video, designed to plug the “digital hole” created by PC-based DeCSS ripper software, which can be used to make digital copies of copyrighted DVDs.
RipGuard DVD is a unilateral content protection system that is applied to DVD discs and requires no additional software or hardware to be incorporated into PCs, DVD players or DVD recorders, the copany reports. The combination of Macrovision’s analog copy protection technology (ACP) and RipGuard DVD provides comprehensive DVD protection for both major piracy threats faced by video content copyright owners — the analog and digital holes.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal to attempt circumvention of such technological measures.
The two processes of applying RipGuard DVD and ACP to DVD optical discs can be transparently combined at the replication facility, regardless of the type of manufacturing systems used. In support of the worldwide content protection ecosystem, Macrovision has developed extensive test and certification facilities used to validate both these products for seamless playability on nearly all manufacturer’s DVD players, drives, and recorders prior to market release.
RipGuard DVD is now available in select replication facilities, with general availability anticipated in the second quarter of 2005.
For more information, visit
www.macrovision.com
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