Analog hole

The analog hole (also known as the analog loophole or analog gap) is a vulnerability in copy protection systems for digital formats. It can be used to copy protected works using analog means. When digital information is changed to a form that can by seen or heard by people, it is easy to recapture that analog version in a form that is not protected. This can be done to bypass any restrictions placed on copyrighted digital work. Publishers who use digital rights management (DRM) to limit how a work can be used admit that the need to make something be able to be seen or heard is a "hole" in the protection that DRM gives them .^[1]

References

↑ Haber, Stuart (2003). "If piracy is the problem, is DRM the answer?" (PDF). Digital Rights Management. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2770: 224–233. doi:10.1007/10941270_15. ISBN 978-3-540-40465-1.

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[1] Haber, Stuart (2003). "If piracy is the problem, is DRM the answer?" (PDF). Digital Rights Management. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2770: 224–233. doi:10.1007/10941270_15. ISBN 978-3-540-40465-1.

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