Macrovision has announces it's next-generation SafeDisc CD-ROM Copy Protection. SafeDisc 2.0 will arrive this September and it will be available to publishers, developers and replicators.
A new CD/DVD Copy Protections has hit the streets. It is called Alcatraz and it is being developed by KDG (Austria).
It is a cross between SecuROM, which is also based on a watermarking system and SafeDisc, which also uses the executable wrapping system.
One funny thing which is mentioned is the Level 3b Protection, the executable wrapper, is that they claim that the result of an "illegal" start attempt will range from a simple warning message through to a system crash and even right down to re-formatting of the disc drive!
For sure that they will never add this last "feature" as this will result in a nice lawsuit whenever it is introduced in the US!!!
Also the CD Protectionspages have undergone some major updating as they were a bit outdated! Thanks BOT-CK for the help!
Yesterday evening & early today our mail-server failed to work and destroyed about 60 E-Mails. if you have send an E-Mail between Wednesday 16th 19:00 and Thursday 17th 09:00 CET (Central European Time) then please resend your mail!
With the Virtual CDROM feature it is possible to make a CD-Image using BlindRead, DiscDumpor CDRWin. This CD-Image can then be mounted as if it is a real (SCSI) CD-ROM. Now install the game from this Virtual CD and it will work without the need for any No-CD Patch or Fixed EXE. The protection emulation only needs to be active when using the newer SecuROM protected games like Diablo 2.
The only disadvantage is that it will eat up an additional 650 MB for the CD-Image but using the smallest possible installation will decrease the used diskspace as the CD is always available!
Added the Blood Patch for: Vampire: Die Maskerade v1.1 [GERMAN] (PC) - Thanks Fitzfuchs.
PC Welt Article linking CD Media World & GameCopyWorld
Both CD Media World & GameCopyWorld were mentioned for the second time in the August Issue of PC Welt - This is one of the biggest PC magazines in Germany! Fun!
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