Copy Protection - How it works

Multimedia Protector offers a media independent protection - the media itself like CD / DVD, download link or USB stick is not modified or protected. The copy protection does not prevent, that you can copy the data from CD to the hard disk but it prevents that the application can be started on multiple machines.

The license is bound to a specific hardware ID of the PC (e.g. MAC address). The Multimedia Player will start only, if the license file is located on the specified hardware. This works both in a single user environment and in a network environment.

The advantage of a software copy protection is:

•	media independent - distribute the application via CD / DVD, download, USB stick or other media where you can store files

•	the application can run without a CD / DVD inserted

•	you can produce even one single CD - no need to have 1000 CDs duplicated at once

•	no problems with the CD / DVD drives or operating systems because no physical modification (like modification of the CD) is done

The additional step, which is necessary, is to transfer the hardware IDs. With Online activation, this step is automated. With activation by e-mail, fax or phone this is a manual process.

The following hardware IDs are supported:

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Volume ID

•	MAC Address of the network adapter

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Hostname

•	Netbios Name

•	Volume ID and UNC Pathname

•	MAC Address and UNC Pathname

Details as well as pros and cons about each criteria can be found in Part II - Details about Copy Protection

Copy Protection is enabled automatically (default option), but it is possible to make a full version without Copy Protection (see: How to protect the content but do not use Copy Protection?) and to protect the content only.