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Rigorous independent external testing that has been carried out on Patronus DVD copy protected discs confirms reliable levels of protection from mass market ripping programs while also achieving full playability on DVD players.
DVD Playability Testing
Intellikey Labs, recognized by the world’s top entertainment, media, manufacturing and software companies as one of the leaders in quality assurance testing for optical and digital media content, conducted detailed tests of compatibility of Patronus protected DVDs.
Compatibility was tested on a 103-DVD player test bed representing 83.40% of the DVD players sold in the USA between January 2003 and December 2005. The test concluded that all DVD players tested were able to play the disc and a single version of a Microsoft® Xbox™ 360 was unable to load the disc. The instance of a no-load represents approximately 0.12% of DVD play back devices.
DVD Protection Level Testing
PMTC-Testronic Laboratories are at the forefront of multimedia testing and are established as a leading independent quality assurance testing solution centre for the home entertainment industry.
The object of the test was to make a copy of the sample discs in any form (full DVD copy / DVD rip to any format). The test is considered successful if all the movie content is copied to the hard drive of the PC and if this content is fully playable. The test included a representative cross section of Windows® and Mac® mass marketing ripping programs. The conclusion of the test was that the ripping programs tested were unable to copy the protected DVDs.
Software Security Testing
Next Generation Software Ltd. (NGS) is the world leader in the discovery and publication of computer security vulnerabilities. NGS confirmed that Patronus DVD copy protection software is passive and does not load computer programs to a PC. Security assessment: "NGS conclude that there are, in both the case of the protected DVDs no unexpected, undesirable, or malicious actions taken on the system upon which such a DVD or CD is used.”
