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copy protection

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noun

Computers.
  1. a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.


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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

Most digital content now has sophisticated copy protection integrated.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2016

In a lawsuit filed today, it argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s rules against circumventing copy protection — designed to stop people from pirating copyrighted works — places unconstitutional limits on free speech.

From The Verge • Jul. 21, 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

They will often do it as much to show that they are smarter than the developper who designed the copy protection scheme than to actually copy the program.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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