Macrovision

[Jayem]

Can anybody help me.

I am making a disc and want to put copy protection on it. when i click the copy protection it says that I need an agreement from magrovision.

Can anybody tell me what this is and where do i get an agreement.

Many Thanks

Dave Alligan

[DVDDoug]

You cannot do it "at home".

Ulead is a bit misleading about CSS & Macrovision. Workshop simply sets a "flag" in your ISO file that you send to the DVD production house. They have the licenses.

The licensor of CSS encryption technology is DVD CCA (Copy Control Association), a non-profit trade association with offices at 225 B Cochrane Circle, Morgan Hill, CA. There is a $15,000 annual licensing fee, but no per-product royalties. Send license requests to css-license@lmicp.com , technical info requests to css-info@lmicp.com . Before December 15, 1999, CSS licensing was administered on an interim basis by Matsushita.

Macrovision licenses its analog anti-recording technology to hardware makers. There is a $30,000 initial charge, with a $15,000 yearly renewal fee. The fees support certification of players to ensure widest compatibility with televisions. There are no royalty charges for player manufacturers. Macrovision charges a royalty to content publishers (approximately 4 to 10 cents per disc, compared to 2 to 5 cents for a VHS tape).

[Terry Stetler]

Current DVD blanks cannot accept CSS. This will change soon as the DVD CCA - CSS rules are changing to permit burning CSS protected content to compatable DVD blanks.

CSS-compatable blanks will be required for downloadable movies intended for burning to the users discs. These movies will also be sold in kiosks, downloadable from MySpace (for Fox titles), iTunes etc. etc.

[zzstudio]

try as they will to copy-protect some hacker will always break their code.

that why spending 15,000 - 30,000 is a waste of money. (but keeps these dumb companies in business)