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  2. ARccOS protection - Wikipedia

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    ARccOS (Advanced Regional Copy Control Operating Solution) is a copy-protection system made by Sony that is used on some DVDs.Designed as an additional layer to be used in conjunction with Content Scramble System (CSS), the system deliberately creates corrupted sectors on the DVD, which cause copying software to produce errors (see bad sector).

  3. List of Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes

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    Xbox (DVD) Two sets of media descriptors are used. Initially, and on typical DVD-ROM drives, only a short partition containing a brief DVD Video can be seen. The lead-out section of the disk stores a second set of media descriptors describing the bounds of the main partition. It also contains a partially-encrypted "security sector" used for ...

  4. DVD region code - Wikipedia

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    Newer drives use RPC-2 firmware, which enforces the DVD region coding at the hardware level. These drives can often be reflashed or hacked with RPC-1 firmware, effectively making the drive region-free. This may void the drive's warranty. [10] Some drives may come set as region-free, so the user is expected to assign their region when they buy it.

  5. AnyDVD - Wikipedia

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    AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD are the same software, but the license key determines whether the HD aspects of the software are available to the user. When the HD part of the software is enabled it permits access to HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, including decryption of AACS-encrypted discs. In the case of Blu-ray Discs, it also supports region code removal ...

  6. DVD Decrypter - Wikipedia

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    DVD Decrypter is a software application for Microsoft Windows that can create backup disk images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs.It can be used to make a copy of any DVD protected with Content Scrambling System (CSS).

  7. Regional Playback Control - Wikipedia

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    Newer drives use RPC-2 firmware, which enforces DVD region coding at the hardware level. See DVD region code#Computer DVD drives for further information. Some RPC-2 drives can be converted to RPC-1 with the same features as before by using alternative firmware on the drive, or on some drives by setting a secret flag in the drive's EEPROM .

  8. Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal - Wikipedia

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    Sony BMG quickly released software to remove the rootkit component of XCP from affected Microsoft Windows computers, [15] but after Russinovich analyzed the utility, he reported in his blog that it only exacerbated the security problems and raised further concerns about privacy. [16]

  9. PowerDVD - Wikipedia

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    PowerDVD is a media player software for Microsoft Windows created by CyberLink, for DVD movie discs, Blu-ray movie discs, and digital video files, photos and music.. PowerDVD is offered in various versions, which vary greatly in terms of functionality, and can be expanded to include additional functions such as playback of licensed audio formats or power-saving functions for use on notebooks ...