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Emedia Professional, April, 1999

Nimbus Obtains License for C-Dilla's SafeDisc Anti-Piracy Solution

Nimbus CD International Inc., a Technicolor Company, responding to the growing concern throughout the industry over piracy of copyrighted material on CD and DVD, has expanded its anti-counterfeiting capabilities with the addition of SafeDisc. Licensed to Nimbus by United Kingdom-based C-Dilla, SafeDisc renders most illegitimate copies of optical discs useless. Transparent to the consumer, the anti-piracy measure employs an encoded signature technology. Pirated or illegitimate copies that do not contain the signature, including those copied illegally on CD-R drives, will not operate. The licensing agreement with C-Dilla allows Nimbus to apply the digital signature on the master discs of licensed software publishers. This protection, developed in conjunction with C-Dilla's long-standing, widely used Internet copy-protection technology, is provided by C-Dilla through the company's own agreement with individual publishers. The digital signature can only be applied by licensed SafeDisc replicators.

(Nimbus CD International Inc., P.0. Box 7427, Charlottesville, VA 22906; 604/985-1100; http:// www.nimbuscd.com. C-Dilla, Ltd., Woodley House, Crockhamwell Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JP, United Kingdom; 44 (0) 118 969 1111; Fax 44 (0) 118 969 1161; http://www.c-dilla.com)