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Methods
49 related topics
Notable payloads
60 related topics
Anti-piracy
15 related topics
Business rationale
9 related topics
Key facts & relationships
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Overview
- Copyright
- Videotapes Videotape
- DVDs DVD
- Blu-ray discs Blu-ray
- HD-DVDs HD DVD
- Computer software Software
- Video game
- Audio CDs Compact Disc Digital Audio
- VCDs Video CD
- CP/M
- Jerry Pournelle
- BYTE Byte (magazine)
- Apple Apple II
- TRS-DOS TRSDOS
- MS-DOS
- Nibble/nybble Bit nibbler
- DBASE III DBase
- Edward Mendelson
- The Yale Review
- Microsoft
- IBM
- Don Estridge Philip Don Estridge
- Music piracy
- Philippe Kahn
- Borland
- Sidekick Borland Sidekick
- Turbo Pascal
- Sheldon Richman
- The Shadow knows
- Jeff Raikes
Terminology
Business rationale
- Music Music industry
- Video game industry
- PIPA PROTECT IP Act
- Legal use Fair use
- Legal remedies Copyright law
- Software licenses Software license
- Software anti‐tamper Anti-tamper software
- Floating licenses Floating licensing
- PC Personal computer
Technical challenges
- Andrew Fluegelman
- PC-Talk
- Shareware
- Video game console
- Analog hole
- Speaker Loudspeaker
- Headphone Headphones
- Text-based Text-based user interface
- OCRed Optical character recognition
- Traitor tracing
- Tamper-resistant Tamperproofing
Methods
- Crackers Software cracking
- Alias Pseudonym
- Warez
- BBSes Bulletin board system
- Audio cassette Cassette tape
- Floppy disks Floppy disk
- Ski or Die
- 4D Sports Boxing
- James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair Operation Stealth
- Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space
- Conquests of Camelot Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
- King's Quest VI
- King's Quest III
- Ultima writing systems Ultima (series)
- Wasteland Wasteland (video game)
- Dragon Wars
- Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Editions of Dungeons & Dragons
- Wing Commander Wing Commander (video game)
- Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)
- ASCII
- Virtual keyboard
- Maniac Mansion
- Uplink Uplink (video game)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
- ZX Spectrum
- Jet Set Willy
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- Sequel Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- Code wheel
- Star Control
Notable payloads
- Machine code
- Soccer ball Ball (association football)
- Sid Meier's Pirates!
- The Games: Winter Challenge
- Unwinnable
- GOG.com
- Alan Wake
- Eyepatch
- Jolly Roger
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
- The Settlers III
- Pig iron
- Bohemia Interactive
- Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
- ArmA II Arma 2
- Take On Helicopters
- IndyCar Series IndyCar Series (video game)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Web browser
- Web World Wide Web
- EarthBound
- Checksums Checksum
- SNES Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mass Effect
- The Sims 2
- PC LOAD LETTER
- Office Space
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
- Bug Software bug
Anti-piracy
- Copyright infringement
- Counterfeiting Counterfeit
- Intellectual property
- RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
- MPA Motion Picture Association
- FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Interpol
- Content protection network
- Richard Stallman
- GNU Project
- Sale Sales
- Kathleen M. Williams
- Hotfile
- File sharing
- DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Anti-counterfeiting and gun control
- EURion constellation
- Counterfeit currency
- 3D printing of firearms 3D-printed firearm
- Gun control
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Copy protection
Nodes206
Edges205
Triples93
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009709
Components1
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Copy protection
Top relations
related to Notable payloads · 30
Copy protection → Alan Wake, Alien Mindbenders, ArmA II, As, Bohemia Interactive, Cold War Crisis, Dubbed FADE, FADE, GOG, If, Important, In, In Sid Meier's Pirates, Jolly Roger, Many, Operation Flashpoint, Original, Over, Summer Challenge, Superior Soccer
related to Anti-piracy · 13
Copy protection → Anti-piracy, Certain, Distil Networks, DRM, FBI, GNU Project, Incapsula, Interpol, It, MPA, RIAA, Richard Stallman, These
related to External links · 10
Copy protection → Audio CDsDisk Preservation Project, C64Copy Protection, C64Details, Comprehensive, Discusses, New Copy-Prevention Techniques, Protection Analysis, RapidLok, Several, V-Max Copy Protection
related to Business rationale · 7
Copy protection → CDs, Copy, DVDs, PIPA, Unauthorized, United States, VCDs
related to Terminology · 6
Copy protection → Copy, DRM, Media, The, TPMs, Unlike DRM
related to Computer software · 4
Copy protection → BBSes, Copy, Internet, These
related to Early video games · 4
Copy protection → Copy, During, Several, These
see also · 3
Copy protection → BMG, Cheat, Preventive
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
copy game protection software player also used would copying version use games making code copyright copies system media video time
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| video rentals that can expire after a given amount of time | instance of | DRM is mostly a more general term because it includes more broad management of rights | 0.80 | text |
| PIPA.Copy protection is most commonly found on videotapes | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| DVDs | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| computer software discs | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| video game discs | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| cartridges | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| audio CDs | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| some VCDs.Many media formats are easy to copy using a machine | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| allowing consumers to distribute copies to their friends | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| a practice known as | instance of | leading to proposal of stricter copyright laws | 0.80 | text |
| Beyond Zork | instance of | Other games that employed the code wheel system include Star Control.Zork games | 0.80 | text |
| Zork Zero came with | instance of | Other games that employed the code wheel system include Star Control.Zork games | 0.80 | text |
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
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