copy protection
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It would almost certainly extend an existing copy protection scheme to stop non-NFT owners from pirating its books.
From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2022
There was always the possibility of surprise — a mislabeled tape or a prankster foiling the copy protection tab and adding a weird home movie at the end of “Sleepless in Seattle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2017
Matthew Green, a computer researcher, could be punished for investigating software vulnerabilities if he had to bypass a copy protection system to do so.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2016
It’s more like the Kaleidescape movie server, in that it’s a hard drive with a lot of copy protection.
From Forbes ● Oct. 4, 2013
Action of removing the copy protection from a commercial program.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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