Protection Technology LLC is a Russian developer of software products in the field of protecting software and digital content from unauthorized access and distribution. The headquarters of the company is located in Moscow. Servers are located in Russia, Germany, USA and China.
| LLC Protection Technology | |
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| Type of | private company |
| Base | 2000 |
| Location |  Moscow  Paris  Los Angeles |
| Industry | Information Security |
| Products | StarForce ProActive, StarForce Content, StarForce MMOG, StarForce Crypto, StarForce Em @ il, StarForce Video / Audio, StarForce Disc, SFletter |
| Affiliated companies | LLC Protection Technology Receiving |
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Creation History
The development of the StarForce protection system began in 1998. Two years later, on September 11, 2000, Protection Technology LLC was registered and the first game protected by the StarForce system appeared . It was called "Cockroaches" and was released on CDs by Russobit-M .
Features of copy protection technology
Copy protection is based on the idea that a program or other digital content can be linked to some kind of material device or medium that has unique characteristics. The objects of this binding are optical disks, computers, and servers. Information about the characteristics of the object is embedded in the protected file during activation or during creation (disks) and subsequently such files will be opened only after successful verification of the binding object.
Criticism
The company's activities are constantly criticized by people who believe that copyright holders do not need to use special technical means to protect the results of their intellectual activity, whether it be a game, a book or a training course. In their opinion, all content should be distributed freely or at a minimum price.