Global Garde - another doomed copy protection scheme?

[ebenton]

Anybody know anything about this?
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12594
I presume it falls into the "If it can be viewed, it can be copied." category.

[ROF]

This is an interesting concept, if it works as advertised. It would work similiar to macrovision but without the hardware specifics. The fact that it ignores the CSS is also a plus because we all know the CSS is not a secure distribution method. It'll be interesting to see where this goes and how well it protects digital IP.

[mats.hogberg]

I presume it will fall into the category "will never see the light of the day".

/Mats

[Cornucopia]

I also have a patented, AIRTIGHT, 100% Unbreakable Copy Protection technology: BurnABlank®.

Example customer support line:
"What, you say you can't see anything? You must have been doing something illegal!"



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[VegasBud]

I think it's very interesting that their website has "Investor Relations" contacts listed, and says the company "...welcomes inquiries from its stock holders...", but there is no stock symbol for them listed anywhere in the world, on any exchange.

In an attempt to get more information, I used the State of California's "California Business Portal" website. While the California Business Search shows a corporation with that name does exist, that corporation is not listed in the Publicly Traded Disclosure Search. Put simply, there can't be any stock holders if it's not publicly traded.

A company with stockholders and no stocks makes a claim to have the perfect copy protection system. It certainly makes me wonder if their product is as mythical as their stockholders.

[ROF]

Put simply, there can't be any stock holders if it's not publicly traded.

I suppose you've never heard of privately held or closed corporate stocks?

[Rich86]

Global Garde most likely falls into the "promise them anything to take their money" category. It will be interesting to see if anyone ever hears from these folks again . . .

[VegasBud]

I suppose you've never heard of privately held or closed corporate stocks?

You're absolutely right. As soon as I read your comment I remembered that a guy I used to work with got one of those "Incorporate Yourself" kits for $10, which came complete with stock certificates. So, yes, clearly any entity (even an individual) that incorporates has stocks. If any of those stocks are sold, then there are stockholders.

I still don't believe a company (that has never brought a single product to market) which claims to not only have come up with the perfect copy protection scheme, but are also developing another product that will make a computer run 40 times as fast.