What makes a copied DVD a copied DVD?

[Evi]

Yeah...that\'s all I use it for...imported games and backups. There\'s just too many great games, can\'t let them go to waste

[Paul2]

^^^

LOL.  Sure.

Swap discs and I believe many cheat discs are infact unlicensed products. The discs need to be pressed, it isn\'t a matter of dyes and such, there\'s information pressed (code and errors) that cd burners can\'t write. There\'s, in the case of some DVD players, ways that the laser intensity is adjusted and/or firmware coded that makes physically reading +/-R media impossible. But that\'s not really relevant to PS2.

[Paul2]

interesting,

even though i am not sure what you really said...perhabs a little too technical for me...

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Im still confused...

It’s a good thing some stuff hasn’t changed around here…


As for the discs, yes they use a distorted code in some cases but most it’s a simple code that only that particular hardware recognizes. There are plenty of forms of software out there that enable anybody to crack the codes and pirate copies of the software.