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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.
The '''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 videodiscs.

==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==
==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]]
* [[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]]
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* [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (before 2003)
* [[Central Park Media]]
* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[Direct Cinema Limited]]
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* [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (1998-2003)
* [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
* [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
* [[Group Productions]]
* [[Group Productions]]
* [[Home Vision Entertainment]]
* [[Home Vision Entertainment]]
** [[Public Media Video]]
* [[The Lyons Group]] (1992-1995)
* [[London Films]] (tapes released through the MacArthur Library)
* [[Leucadia Family Films]] (1991-1997)
* [[The Lyons Group]] (1988, 1992-1995)
** [[Sandstar]] (1997-Early 2000s)
* [[The MacArthur Library]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment]] (except for Anchor Bay Entertainment-era VHS releases)
* [[Media Home Entertainment]] (except for Anchor Bay Entertainment-era VHS releases)
* [[MGM Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
* [[MGM Home Entertainment]] (1986-1993)
* [[Palm Pictures]] (2000)
* [[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)
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* [[Zomba Video]]
* [[Zomba Video]]
** [[Jive Records]]
** [[Jive Records]]

== List of Known Duplicators That Used Macrovision ==
* Allied Digital Technologies (formerly Allied Film & Video)
* American Sound & Video
* Cine Magnetics
* Cinram
* Deluxe Video Services
* Denver Dubbing
* Digital Communications Technology Corporation (formerly Magnetech Corporation)
* Digital Excellence Inc.
* Full Perspective Video Services Inc.
* International Cassette Corp.
* Media Home Entertainment
* MediaCopy, Inc. (formerly West Coast Video Duplicating)
* Opryland Duplicating Services
* Premiere Video
* Producers Color Service Inc.
* Scenewise Inc. (formerly Custom Duplication Incorporated and Scope Seven)
* Sifford Media
* Technicolor Video Services
* The CBS/Fox Company
* The Duplication Group (formerly Cassette Productions)
* The Video-Matic Group
* Vaughn Communications Inc.
* Video Technology Services
* Vision Wise
* WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory

Revision as of 22:07, 14 January 2024

The 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 videodiscs.

List of Customers

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