"When computer games were first copied on a regular basis at the beginning of the 90s and the then small sector was threatened by enormous economic damages, software developers started to implement the first copy protection into games. Terms from the manual were questioned such as "Please enter the third word of page nine, paragraph 2, line 8". Back then, when memory was still scarce (5.25" resp. 3.5" discs), this was the right measure. To copy the whole manual and buy the corresponding blank discs would have proven nearly as expensive as the game itself. In the mid-90s, the CD-ROM was introduced into the market. CD burners were not affordable for end consumers in these times. The industrial sector was sure that pirate copying would come to an end. In the course of the decade, CD burners became affordable for the end consumer as well. This was also true of blank CDs. The industry was secure for some more time by using 700 MB blank CDs, which were not available for the end consumers yet as only 650 MB blank CDs could be purchased. Thus games requiring 700 MB could not be copied. This changed rapidly at the end of the 90s. Almost every software could be copied as desired. By now this has become a " real plague" for the film and music industry as well: pirate copies.

Since the year 2000, when we developed our first version of CD-PROTECT, it is our goal to offer a wide range of security products to protect film, music and software from illegal copying. Today we offer state-of-the-art solutions for all your intelectual properties. Please visit our website, test our samples, read our test reports and contact our offices. You will see, that solutions from X-PROTECT will cover all your needs and you will be convied by the ease-of-use.

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