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The '''Analog Protection System''' (APS), also known as '''Copyguard''' or '''Macrovision''' by some people, is a [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] [[Copy protection systems|copy protection system]] originally developed by [[Macrovision Corporation]].
The '''Macrovision Analog Protection System''' (APS), also known as '''Copyguard''' by some people, is a videocassette and videodisc [[Copy protection systems|copy protection system]] originally developed by [[Macrovision Corporation]]. The system was developed to prevent bootlegging of original videocassettes and DVDs.


==List of customers==
==System History==
The Analog Protection System was originally introduced in 1985 with the home video release of the 1984 film ''The Cotton Club'' by [[Embassy Home Entertainment]]. It was intended to replace the ''StopCopy'' protection system first introduced in 1978. By 1990, most of the major film distributors were using the APS system for their releases, with the main holdout coming from [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]].


==List of Customers==
* [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] (VHS: 1986-1998, 2004-2006; DVD: 1998-2020)
* [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] (VHS: 1986-1998, 2004-2006; DVD: 1998-2020)
* [[AIX Media Group]]
* [[Ambrose Video Publishing]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[Artisan Entertainment]] (mainly on DVD releases and on a few blockbuster VHS releases in the 1990s)
* [[Artisan Entertainment]] (mainly on DVD releases and on a few blockbuster VHS releases in the 1990s)
* [[Bandai Entertainment]]
* [[Bandai Entertainment]]
* [[Disney Educational Productions]]
* [[Central Park Media]]
* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
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* [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (before 2002 or 2003)
* [[Direct Cinema Limited]]
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* [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (1998-2003)
* [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
* [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
* [[HBO Home Entertainment]]
* [[Group Productions]]
* [[Home Vision Entertainment]]
* [[Home Vision Entertainment]]
* [[The Lyons Group]]
** [[Public Media Video]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment]]
* [[Koch Lorber Films]]
* [[London Films]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[The Lyons Group]] (1988, 1992-1995)
* [[The MacArthur Library]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment]] (except for Anchor Bay Entertainment-era VHS releases)
* [[MGM Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
* [[MGM Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
* [[Palm Pictures]] (2000)
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* [[New Line Home Entertainment]] (on early DVD releases, as well as on the VHS of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze and on some pre-Time Warner Turner VHS releases)
* [[Paramount Home Media Distribution]] (1990-1993, 1998-2013)
* [[Paramount Home Media Distribution]] (1990-1993, 1998-2013)
** [[Simon & Schuster Video]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[PBS Video]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[Pioneer Entertainment]] (mainly on DVD releases)
* [[Pioneer Entertainment]] (mainly on DVD releases)
* [[PolyGram Video]] (1997-1999)
* [[PolyGram Video]] (1997-1999)
* Price/Stern/Sloan Video (1992)
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (on some rare occasions on VHS: 1996-1999; DVD: 1997-2003)
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (on some rare occasions on VHS: 1996-1999; DVD: 1997-2003)
* [[Sony Wonder]] (on some 2006 releases)
** [[Sony Wonder]] (on some 2006 releases)
* [[United Learning]]
* [[United Learning]]
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] (1986-2007)
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] (1986-2007)
* [[Viz Video]] (mainly on DVD releases)
* [[Viz Video]] (mainly on DVD releases)
* [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] (1986-2014, except a few rare occasions including: all LP-mode releases, some copies of the 1995 no previews VHS of While You Were Sleeping, and some early Walt Disney Mini-Classics releases like Ben and Me)
* [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] (1986-2014, except a few rare occasions including: all LP-mode releases, some copies of the 1995 VHS of While You Were Sleeping that have no previews, and some mid-'80s short-form releases)
** [[Disney Educational Productions]]
* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
** [[HBO Home Entertainment]]
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** [[New Line Home Entertainment]] (on early DVD releases, as well as on the VHS of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze and on some pre-Time Warner Turner-era VHS releases)
*** [[Nelson Entertainment]] (experimental, only during the Embassy years)
* [[Wide-Eyed Learning]] (2003)
* [[Zomba Video]]
** [[Jive Records]]

== List of Known Duplicators That Used Macrovision ==
* AIMedia Solutions (formerly Opryland Duplicating Services and Network Duplication Services)
* Allied Vaughn (formerly Allied Film & Video and Allied Digital Technologies)
** Hauppauge Video Manufacturing, Ltd.
** Vaughn Communications Inc.
* All Post, Inc.
* American Sound & Video
* Ashland Video Corp.
* Audio-Video-Color Corp.
* CDI Media (formerly Cassette Duplicators Incorporated)
* Cinram
* CMI Media Management Solutions (formerly Cine Magnetics Video & Digital Laboratories)
* Color Film Corporation
* Deluxe Video Services (formerly BHCP Video and Rank Video Services America)
* Denver Dubbing
* Digital Communications Technology Corporation (formerly MagneTech Corporation)
* Digital Excellence
* DXB Video Tapes, Inc.
* Full Perspective Video Services, Inc.
* International Cassette Corp.
* MediaCopy (formerly West Coast Video Duplicating)
** Media Home Entertainment
* Paragon Media, Inc.
* Premiere Video
* Producers Color Service Inc. Video Cassette Division
* Scenewise Inc. (formerly Custom Duplication Incorporated and Scope Seven)
* Sifford Media
* Technicolor Video Services
** The CBS/Fox Company
* VDC Group
* The Video-Matic Group
** The Duplication Group (formerly Cassette Productions)
* Video Services Group, Inc.
* Video Technology Services
* Vision Wise
* WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory

Latest revision as of 06:40, 17 June 2024

The Macrovision Analog Protection System (APS), also known as Copyguard by some people, is a videocassette and videodisc copy protection system originally developed by Macrovision Corporation. The system was developed to prevent bootlegging of original videocassettes and DVDs.

System History[edit]

The Analog Protection System was originally introduced in 1985 with the home video release of the 1984 film The Cotton Club by Embassy Home Entertainment. It was intended to replace the StopCopy protection system first introduced in 1978. By 1990, most of the major film distributors were using the APS system for their releases, with the main holdout coming from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.


List of Customers[edit]

List of Known Duplicators That Used Macrovision[edit]

  • AIMedia Solutions (formerly Opryland Duplicating Services and Network Duplication Services)
  • Allied Vaughn (formerly Allied Film & Video and Allied Digital Technologies)
    • Hauppauge Video Manufacturing, Ltd.
    • Vaughn Communications Inc.
  • All Post, Inc.
  • American Sound & Video
  • Ashland Video Corp.
  • Audio-Video-Color Corp.
  • CDI Media (formerly Cassette Duplicators Incorporated)
  • Cinram
  • CMI Media Management Solutions (formerly Cine Magnetics Video & Digital Laboratories)
  • Color Film Corporation
  • Deluxe Video Services (formerly BHCP Video and Rank Video Services America)
  • Denver Dubbing
  • Digital Communications Technology Corporation (formerly MagneTech Corporation)
  • Digital Excellence
  • DXB Video Tapes, Inc.
  • Full Perspective Video Services, Inc.
  • International Cassette Corp.
  • MediaCopy (formerly West Coast Video Duplicating)
    • Media Home Entertainment
  • Paragon Media, Inc.
  • Premiere Video
  • Producers Color Service Inc. Video Cassette Division
  • Scenewise Inc. (formerly Custom Duplication Incorporated and Scope Seven)
  • Sifford Media
  • Technicolor Video Services
    • The CBS/Fox Company
  • VDC Group
  • The Video-Matic Group
    • The Duplication Group (formerly Cassette Productions)
  • Video Services Group, Inc.
  • Video Technology Services
  • Vision Wise
  • WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory
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