Preventing Pirate Releases
One of the biggest problems being faced by all parts of the entertainment industry is the leaking of their products before release date. It seems more of a miracle these days when a product can actually be released on street date and not suffer from an earlier “pirate release.” The question is how can developers secure their products from a pirated release before an actual street date release? We will look at some of the various strategies available to content producers over the next couple of entries and we will look at protections available during content production, manufacturing, and finally shipping of the product. What steps can be taken during these various stages to protect the intellectual property of content developers? We will look at this very question in our next three entries.
