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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

GOG, which lets users download games without copy protection, is in a somewhat more vulnerable position.

From The Verge Jun. 2, 2015

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

My peers seem to feel similarly—the volume of peer-reviewed research on copy protection technologies fell off about this time and has not recovered.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2013

Once "cracked" of its copy protection, the program, being digital data, becomes infinitely reproducible.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling

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