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(There could have been a few tapes in the late 1980s that used stop copy.)
 
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'''Stop Copy''' is a very early copy protection system that was used on videotapes from 1978-1983. This copy protection system resulted in tapes from this date range sometimes developing vertical-roll issues when playing on modern videotape players and modern television sets.
'''Stop Copy''' is a very early copy protection system that was generally used on videotapes from 1978 to 1983, though some companies continued to use the system until sometime in the late 1980s, a few years after the system's successor, the [[Analog Protection System]] was released. This copy protection system resulted in tapes from around this time sometimes developing vertical-roll issues when playing on modern videotape players and/or modern television sets.


==List of customers==
==List of Customers==
* [[The CBS/Fox Company|20th Century-Fox Video]]/[[Magnetic Video Corporation]]
* [[The CBS/Fox Company|20th Century-Fox Video]]/[[Magnetic Video Corporation]]
* [[Allied Artists Video]]
* [[Allied Artists Video]]
* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Home Vision Entertainment]]
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA Videocassette, Inc.]]
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA Videocassette, Inc.]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment]]
* [[Media Home Entertainment]]
* [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/CBS Home Video/MGM/UA Home Video]]
* [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/CBS Home Video/MGM/UA Home Video]]
* [[NFL Films Video]]
* [[Paramount Home Media Distribution|Paramount Home Video]]
* [[Paramount Home Media Distribution|Paramount Home Video]]
* [[Time-Life Video]]
* [[Time-Life Video]]

Latest revision as of 13:31, 26 February 2024

Stop Copy is a very early copy protection system that was generally used on videotapes from 1978 to 1983, though some companies continued to use the system until sometime in the late 1980s, a few years after the system's successor, the Analog Protection System was released. This copy protection system resulted in tapes from around this time sometimes developing vertical-roll issues when playing on modern videotape players and/or modern television sets.

List of Customers[edit]