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CDSA Anti-Piracy

DiscFarm is a CDSA certified anti-piracy manufacturing plantDiscFarm is a CDSA (Content Delivery & Storage Association) certified Anti-Piracy manufacturing plant since 2005. We are committed to protecting your assets and the vitality of our industry.

For a list of Certified Anti-Piracy plants, visit http://www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org/apcp/certified.cfm.

CDSA and DiscFarm Fight Piracy to Protect:

  • Customers’ Intellectual Property Rights
  • Customers from their ignorance of copyright laws
  • Optical media manufacturers and their investment
  • The economic livelihood and viability of the industry

CDSA Anti-Piracy Program Pays Off For Content-Owners Protection for Music, Films, Games, Software:

  •  DiscFarm verify all orders are legitimate
  • DiscFarm refuse questionable and illegal orders
  • CDSA Issues Anti-Piracy Alerts and warnings to other plants

APCP Plants Work With Customers to Protect Copyrighted Material

  • A key element in the APCP is the partnership between the manufacturer and the content owner – customer to safeguard intellectual property
  • DiscFarm require documentation or other substantiated verification of the authority to manufacture intellectual property; the extra effort pays off . . . for everyone except pirates
  • Content ownership is identified and verified by DiscFarm prior to manufacture
  • Assumptions the content is in Public Domain are verified
  • DiscFarm help to educate the customers about copyright, public domain and other licensing issues
  • Working together with the customer DiscFarm protect copyrighted materials 

APCP Helps Protect DiscFarm’s Assets and Reputation

  • • Reinforces the plant’s reputation as a leading Media Manufacturer
  • Gains added visibility for the plant’s dedication to fighting piracy 
  • Provides a basis for strong value-added service to customers 
  • Strengthens the Anti-Piracy bond between the plant and Content Owner groups (IFPI, MPA, BSA, BPI, RIAA, etc.) 
  • Adds a powerful manufacturing tool to the plant’s arsenal of other Anti-Piracy measures – Security, Personnel Training, Customer Service 
  • Protects the plant’s assets and investment

Why Content Owners’ Support and Use Plants Enrolled in CDSA Anti-Piracy Program

  • DiscFarm volunteer to participate in Anti-Piracy Program to demonstrate their commitment to protecting customers’ intellectual property 
  • Content Owners appreciate the value-added service which reflects DiscFarm’s dedication to quality and service 
  • Content Owners have a higher level of confidence their intellectual property is safeguarded during manufacturing 
  • Content Owners often question why other plants are not in the Anti-Piracy Program
  • Content Owners increasingly insist their projects be produced in Anti-Piracy Certified plants.

Some of the International Organizations Supporting APCP

  • International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry (IFPI) 
  • Business Software Alliance (BSA) 
  • Digital Software Association (DSA) 
  • Entertainment Software Association (ESA) 
  • Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 
  • International Video Federation (IVF) 
  • Motion Picture Association (MPA) 
  • Bureau International Des Sociétés Gérant Les Droits D'enregistrement Et De Reproduction Mécanique (BIEM) 
  • Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN)

Why Pirates and Others Attempt to Use Legal Plants

  • • Pirates intentionally use legal mastering houses and replicators to manufacture pirated material 
  • They want manufactured products of the highest possible quality that look the same as legitimate discs
  • They misrepresent themselves
  • Legitimate customers may unintentionally present pirated material to a media manufacturer because they do not know the actual copyright owner
  • Or, because legitimate customers do not understand copyright protection laws
  • The APCP is designed to reject pirate orders and assist legitimate customers to obtain the appropriate documentation for authorized media manufacturing

Piracy Has Consequences for Content Owners

  • From 1999 – to 2006, nearly US $90 million was paid in restitution, by Non-APCP-Certified Replicators, to Intellectual Property Rights owner associations such as IFPI, MPA, RIAA and BSA.
  • MPA companies lost $3.8 billion worldwide to optical disc piracy in 2005
  • More than 81 million illegal optical movie discs were seized in 2005
  • One in three of all music discs purchased worldwide is illegal
  • 37 % of all CDs purchased in 2005 were pirate – a total of 1.2 billion pirate CDs
  • Pirate CD sales in 2005 totaled US $4.5 billion and outnumbered legitimate sales in 30 markets
  • 78 disc manufacturing lines seized in 2005 (capacity of 340 million discs)
  • More than 81 million illegal music discs were seized in 2005
  • Business software piracy in 2005 was 35% worldwide, representing US $34.3 billion in losses
  • One of every three business software installations uses pirated content

CDSA’s Anti-Piracy Program is Based on ISO Concept

  • CDSA's Anti-Piracy Certification/Compliance Program is modeled after the ISO 9000 program, generic international standards for quality management and assurance
  • The CDSA Anti-Piracy Program contains specific anti-piracy guidelines for the media industry