Piracy Control, DRM, and
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Online Distribution Raises the Financial Stakes.
The music, film, traditional software, and game
industries face a common challenge – on one hand, they
want to reduce the cost of distributing their product
but they also want to protect that product from
individual and organized piracy and theft. More and more
game companies are seeking to reduce costs and improve
revenues by using on-line delivery. Unfortunately,
piracy, privacy, theft, and access control are serious
stumbling blocks standing in the way.
Limitations of Current Products. Today,
anti-piracy solutions are often pulled together in-house
or purchased from a small set of vendors. While these
programs may be quite effective, companies can benefit
from IT GlobalSecure’s independent perspective. Also,
the specific business strategy for a given game can
either limit or open up different protection strategies.
Many solutions are not a great fit for your business
model. No security solution is perfect. Many
security designs fail catastrophically – one success by
a pirate or thief can spiral out of control and create a
business disaster. Product advocacy is a major concern.
Vendors want to sell their products and will represent
their capabilities in the most favorable light. Also,
product vendors often do not have the time or resources
to truly understand the business strategy or customer
environment that their product may or may not support.
Finally, it is very rare that security product vendors
consider operational and support issues resulting from
the use of their product – at the end of the day, they
do not have to answer the phone calls and emails.
Intuit’s recent experience should be a cautionary tale
for any company.
Sometimes it takes a blend of techniques.
Non-technical solutions are available. There are
marketing, packaging, and other business strategies that
may provide a viable anti-piracy solution – potentially
at lower cost and perhaps resulting in additional sales.
Predictable Pricing for Small to Large Jobs.
Whether it is simply an answer to an email, an
evaluation of a game design, or the development of a
custom security architecture, IT GlobalSecure will
provide the answer you need with reasonable, predictable
pricing.
We bring it together for you. IT GlobalSecure’s
extensive security and business experience can help you
identify, evaluate, and implement the content protection
strategy that is right for you. Whether it is developing
a custom cryptographic security solution, evaluating a
commercial product, modeling operational costs, or
recommending adding a good manual, IT GlobalSecure will
work with you to ensure that your business and product
are protected.
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