Prevent screen and stream recording piracy

Widevine's Digital Copy Protection adds an additional level of protection against the hundreds of software tools available on the internet that record content and enable piracy. Known as stream recorders and screen scrapers, these tools copy content while it’s in the clear—typically after traditional DRM systems have done their job. Digital Copy Protection monitors, detects and protects content on any internet connected device, preventing this method of piracy from occurring.

This addition level of protection is a necessary requirement for preserving the revenue streams of content owners, Internet digital media providers and payTV operators.

Here's how it works:

Content is encrypted, stored and distributed to the user who then watches it in a browser or video player. During playback, encrypted content has been decrypted and the video is now vulnerable to piracy simply by downloading a free software tools such as screen scrapers and stream recorders which can pirate the video stream to a DRM-free file.

In the background, Widevine’s digital copy protection solution monitors for the acceptable usage of content. If a user attemps to use a screen scraper or other piracy method, Digital Copy Protection will detect this and produce a number of customizable repsonses from silent monitoring to revocation of viewing rights.

» Find out why Widevine’s content protection solutions uniquely enable content owners and multimedia operators to secure content, regardless of the attempts to steal it

» Watch this short clip of how Widevine protects against screen scrapers and stream recorders