Sony’s Clever but Flawed PlayStation Copy Protection--And How They Might Have Fixed It

You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below The original PlayStation is a pretty neat thing. Using the CD as a storage medium was a smart move. But, Sony needed to add anti-piracy features to the disc to prevent miscreants from making bootleg copies of Crash Bandicoot. This video tells the story of how that works, why it wasn’t infallible, and also proposes a potentially impervious solution (24 years late, though). Here’s that paper on reading optical discs. It’s a good read: You can support this channel on Patreon! Patrons of the channel are what keep videos like this coming. If you’re interested in supporting the channel through a voluntary contribution, please check out my Patreon page. Thanks for your consideration! And thank you to the following Patrons! Charlie Quigley, Tommi Hares, Tomas, Dakota Williams, Chuck Floyd, Eitan Tal, Callum Brieske, Paul Fisher, Stephen Vrazel, Applied Science, peter ford, Sophie Haskins, James Id, Brendan Sheehy, Jay Foreman, Rich Theobald, Kyle Olson, Bryan Reid, Quinton Wilson, Jeremy DeGuzman, Sean Spark, Lucas Hartbarger, Taylor Cuzela, twiglet, David Lastres, Granger Meador, Jeremy Kitchen, Jason Wellband, Shane Belaire, Paul Emmerich, Sam Hodge, Matthew Rossi, Paul Craigie, Paul Williams, Tyler, Gerald Monaco, Kelly Rose, Tab Patterson, Jason Weathered, Sergey Kiselev, foy, Roger Beal, Gantradies, Chris Hartl, Steve Stone, Brian G. Shacklett, Colton Aubrey Hooke, Paul Mills, Christopher Luna, Kotanu, Brendan Terrett, Techmoan, Mike Mason, Clara Latter, Elijah Reeds, Christopher Jett, Justin Talbot, Francisco Vogliotti, Steven Metcalf, Verysofisticated, Lolucoca, Matt Standish, John McLusky, Ashleigh R, Stephen Bell, Logan Beenken, Örn Arnarson, Eric Wood, Stephen Pick, BlancoGrande, Matthew Giraitis, James Ryan, Robert Joscelyne, Ellis M. Eisen, Francis Fisher, Kedar Deshpande, Boris, Bill Basch, Lukas Komischke, Dave Anderson, Felix Freiberger, Dane Peterson, Brent LaRowe, Aerospyke, Kiera Cox, Hunter Schwisow, Logan Kriete, RafaÅ‚ Wiosna, Adam D. Ruppe, Audin Malmin, Eric Hansen, Noah McCann, Jason R Scheuren, Rufo Sanchez, Bjørn Vegar Torseth, Yaniv, André, Andres Plaza, Charlie Hankin, Craig Leverenz, Casey Kikendall, Sebi Jecklin, Tianyu Ge, Daniel J Schless, Justin Smith, The8TrackKid, Scott Emmett O’Donnell, Jon-André Haraldstad, Ashley Grant, Boh00711, Drew McClain, Michael Snoden, Jesse Cardone, Hason Portwood, Kevin Terrell, Clara Latter, Nick, Ed Hall, Julian Rapoport, Christopher Bassett, Ryan Cozzubbo, Marcus Schwartz, Steven Hidy, Patrick Meister, Josef Citrine, The Automatic Filmmaker, Thomas Jew, Johan Schoeman, Joseph Spiros, Matt Taylor, Patrick Musson, Lars JJ, Carles Codony, Richard Lindsey, PK, Christopher Carpenter, blouerat, Frank Harris, Magnus Tranam, Robert Toth, Jason McMillon, George Dale, Mrpirate707, John Semander, Joseph Hill, Samuel Blakey, Marc Ethier, Luke Biddle, Winfield Trail, Giacomo Scaparrotti, Brady Brown, Hank Eskin, Stein Strindhaug, foophoof
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