ACP/RipGuard: DVD Copy Protection

Movie studios, network programmers, music labels and other producers of high-value video content have embraced the DVD format for its excellent quality, high capacity and interactive capabilities, leading to its unprecedented success as the medium of choice for home video entertainment. Rights holders have also embraced DVD copy protection technology to prevent near- perfect copies from being made with the press of a 'record' button.

From the inception of the home video market, ACP copy protection technology played a pivotal role in the success of the DVD sales and rental industries by allowing content owners to make high-interest content available while protecting their assets from unauthorized copying and distribution. As digital devices populate consumer homes, these devices continue to have analog video interfaces. The analog hole is the result of consumers making high-quality copies of original DVD content from these analog outputs. All that is needed is a single, simple video cable and the the press of a 'record' button.The video quality is hard to distinguish from the original. ACP closes the analog hole on nearly every DVD player, DVD recorder, digital video recorder (DVR) and PCs.

• The increasing availability of reasonably priced DVD recorders and blank recordable media contributes to the ease with which consumers can make unauthorized DVD-to-DVD copies.
• The advent of digital video recorders (DVRs) with high-capacity hard drives can potentially lead to personal collections of large numbers of unauthorized reproductions.
• The growth in broadband Internet access from PCs, DVRs and home media servers greatly increases the threat of an Internet leak or unauthorized distribution over peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

ACP copy protection technology is transparent on viewing but prevents unauthorized copying on DVD recorders and significantly distorts copies made on VCRs and D-VHS recorders. It is also detected by compliant PCs and by digital video recorders, thus inhibiting file sharing. iDEA MEDIA provides the most comprehensive solution set in the industry for content owners to maximize sales and control distribution of their high-value assets.

Add both ACP and RipGuard to any DVD Replication project for:

500 pieces only .20¢ each
1,000 pieces only .20¢ each
2,500 pieces only .20¢ each
5,000 pieces only .19¢ each

Plus a one time ACP/RipGuard mastering fee of $149.00

• Price does not include DVD Authoring
• Price does include copy protection embedding