Glossary
MagicGate
Copyright protection technology that consists of authentication and encryption technology
Authentication ensures that protected content is transferred only between compliant devices and
media, and that protected content is recorded and transferred in an encrypted format to prevent
unauthorized copying or playback
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MAGICGATE | is terminology | denoting the copyright | protection | system developed by Sony It does not |
guarantee conversion | among other | media |
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“MagicGate |
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A | compact | IC recording | media | “Memory |
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| Stick” | equipped | with | “MagicGate” |
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technology | You | can | record | or | play | data, |
| such as | music, | that | requires | copyright | protection | only | |||||
by | using a | “MagicGate | Memory | Stick” | with | “MagicGate” | compatible | equipment | (e g | , Network | |||||||||
Walkman) |
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“MagicGate | Memory | Stick” | can | be | used |
| to | record | any other | kind | of | digital | data with | any | other | ||||
“Memory | Stick” | compatible | equipment |
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“MagicGate | Memory | Stick” | is | distinguished |
| by | the “MG” | and “MAGIC |
| GATE” | logos |
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“Memory | Stick” |
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“Memory | Stick” | is a | portable | and | compact |
| Integrated |
| Circuit | recording |
| medium | There |
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types | of “Memory | Stick”: | “MagicGate |
| Memory |
| Stick” | equipped |
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| “MagicGate” | copyright |
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protection | technology | and a normal | “Memory |
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| not | equipped | with the | copyright | protection | ||||||||||||||||||
technology | You | can | record | image | files, | audio | files, |
| and | sound |
| files | using | “Memory | Stick” |
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compatible | audio | visual | devices, | or record |
| data | from | the | computer |
| Data | with | different |
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| be | stored | in | the | same | “Memory | Stick | “ | (Please | refer | to | the | instruction |
| manuals | that | come | with | |||||||||||
the | devices | to check | which |
| format | the | equipment | is | able | to | read |
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| example, | you | can store | image | files | in | the | space |
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| on | “MagicGate |
| Memory | Stick” | using | ||||||||||||
the | respective | equipment | even | if there | are | already | audio | files | in | “MagicGate |
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Copyright | protection | technology | that | securely |
| manages | music |
| content |
| from | the | EMD/Audio | CD | ||||||||||||||||
on | a | personal | computer |
| Application | software |
| that | is installed |
| on | the |
| computer | encrypts |
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digital | music | content | when | recording |
| on | the | hard | drive | This | allows | you | to enjoy | music |
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on | the | computer, | but | prevents |
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| of | this | content | across | a network | (or | ||||||||||||||
elsewhere) | This | PC | copyright |
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| complies | with | “MagicGate,” |
| and | allows | you | to | transfer | |||||||||||||||
digital | music | content | from | a PC’s | hard | drive |
| to | a compliant |
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ATRAQ, | which | stands | for | Adaptive | Transform |
| Acoustic |
| Coding3, |
| is | audio | compression |
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technology | that | satisfies | the | demand | for | high | sound |
| quality | and | high |
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| ATRACS | compression |
| rate | is | approximately |
| 10 | times |
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| than | that | of | the | Audio |
| CD, |
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resulting | an | increased | data | capacity | for | the | media |
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