Over the years our picture of
protection concepts and phrases has become clearer. Roger Mester's first article "
All About Copy Protection" has become very popular as a good basic introduction to the subject.
See for instance "Internet Scout Project".
Roger's next article covers protection of data files "Data Protection in a Nutshell".
"Security Intrusion" gives an overview of the various terms and building blocks.
We have now added a new article, "The Piracy Challenge" published in Macmillan's MED Magazine. Piracy and the art of making copy protection are described in simple terms.
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