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SmartCards fuer CDs als Kopierschutz

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26810.html


Israeli firm unveils the 'copy-proof' CD

By John Leyden

Posted: 23/08/2002 at 16:32 GMT

An Israeli security firm has developed a smart-card based copy protection technology that it claims can prevent software piracy.

The technology, called OpSecure from start-up firm Doc-Witness, features a smart card embedded within an optical disc, which can run on conventional PC CD or DVD drives.

However the embedded smart card, which is needed to decrypt the disc's content, will frustrate any attempts to copy the disc.

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