EP1076902A4 - Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method - Google Patents

Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method

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EP1076902A4
EP1076902A4 EP97933829A EP97933829A EP1076902A4 EP 1076902 A4 EP1076902 A4 EP 1076902A4 EP 97933829 A EP97933829 A EP 97933829A EP 97933829 A EP97933829 A EP 97933829A EP 1076902 A4 EP1076902 A4 EP 1076902A4
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optical media
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French (fr)
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EP1076902A2 (en
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Bruce David Sollish
Dennis Howe
Henry Marshall Israel
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TTR TECHNOLOGIES Ltd
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Abstract

Novel digital optical media has recorded thereon certain symbols belonging to two classes of non-standard codes in precise predetermined locations. One class provides symbols which, when read many times by a standard optical media reader, are decoded as valid but having variable values. A second class embodies codes which are immediately recognized by the player's decoder as invalid. The first class of non-standard codes can be read by a standard optical media reader but cannot be written or reproduced by standard optical media recorders and mastering equipment, and its presence on optical media thereby serves to identify the optical media as authentic, as opposed to an unauthorized copy, which will lack these special symbols. Symbols belonging to the second class of non-standard codes serve to protect the reading of symbols belonging to the first class from being altered or stabilized by the error-correcting system of the player. Patterns combining symbols of these two classes provide a non-copyable mark for automatically verifying the authenticity of optical media and protecting the data recorded thereon from being usable except when present on authentic media.
EP97933829A 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method Withdrawn EP1076902A4 (en)

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US68920996A 1996-08-05 1996-08-05
US3808097P 1997-03-06 1997-03-06
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PCT/IL1997/000266 WO1998008180A2 (en) 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method

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