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With the increasing popularity of professional-quality, CD-R-based production systems, as well as services that employ those systems for cost-efficient short-run and custom publishing, the need for copy protection schemes designed specifically for titles delivered on CD-R has grown considerably. Sony Disc Manufacturing (SDM) has developed technology to heed the call. SDM has recently announced that it has expanded its SecuROM optical disc copy protection system-which has previously been applied exclusively to pressed CDs-to include anti-piracy encryption for titles on CD-R discs.
The new Key2Data copy protection solution for CD-R works through the combination of a SecuROM-encrypted, executable secure SmartCard technology for safe user authentication, and an online Digital Rights Management scheme that governs fast and convenient title unlocking via the...