How to Add Copyright Protection to DVDs
Adding copyright encryption to a DVD requires the use of proprietary authoring software. The primary reason for adding copyright protection to a disc is to make it more difficult for people to casually copy. For example, if you would like to try to make it so that a DVD containing proprietary data does not spread past a few people, adding such copyright protection will prevent casual users from replicating it.
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Purchase a proprietary DVD authoring software suite. Popular brands include Macrovision and Roxio, which have multiple platforms for creating copyright protection for optical media.
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Select the data that you would like to burn to the DVD and protect with Digital Rights Management (DRM). If the DVD has already been created--even if it is a DVD-Rewritable (DVD-RW)--the data must be burned anew in order to be copyright protected.
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Select the type of DVD encryption that you would like to use on the discs you are burning. Burn the discs using your chosen software suite.
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Draft a Terms of Service agreement for the users of the data you are copyright protecting. Creating such a contract will communicate to your users that you take copyright protection seriously.
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Consider contracting with a commercial copyright protection company such as SecuRom or Starforce. These companies will provide enterprise-level solutions for DRM (digital rights management), offering specialized hardware and software, although their services are beyond the scope of most individuals and small businesses.
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