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A novel copy protection scheme for optical disks is proposed. Three error mechanisms – error insertion, error correction and error propagation – are included in the proposed scheme, which lead to a sharp cutoff in the detection probability of an encryption key. This cutoff behavior could be employed to effectively prevent bit-by-bit copying of optical disks. The proposed scheme can be easily implemented in common players, being a simple and effective copy protection technique.
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Liao, CY., Yeh, JW., Kao, MS. (2006). A Copy Protection Technique Using Multi-level Error Coding. In: Rhee, M.S., Lee, B. (eds) Information Security and Cryptology – ICISC 2006. ICISC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4296. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11927587_19
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