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Timothy Gorman
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Sony DADC US Re-Certifies in IRMA’s Anti-Piracy Compliance Program
20 July 2007 – Terre Haute, IN - Sony DADC US, Terre Haute, Indiana, has re-certified in the internationally approved Anti-Piracy Compliance Program of the IRMA, the Content Delivery and Storage Association. With this re-certification, Sony DADC US continues the unbroken series of successful anti-piracy compliant certifications along with the nine other company locations in the worldwide anti-piracy program that represents 85% of the world’s disc manufacturing capability.
The IRMA Anti-Piracy Compliance Program (APCP) is well established in North and South America, Europe, South Africa and Asia with more than 100 media manufacturing plants participating in this program that is endorsed by the world’s leading content owners and their associations.
Ms. Shelley Klingerman, Marketing Manager, Sony DADC US, said, “The continuation of our anti-piracy compliance at Terre Haute and at the other Sony facilities around the world underscores our company’s robust dedication to preventing theft of intellectual property. We and our customers hold the IRMA certification in the highest esteem and are proud to be part of the industry’s premier group of optical media manufacturers fighting piracy.”
Timothy J. Gorman, Director – Worldwide Anti-Piracy Compliance Program, said, “With the completion of every certification and re-certification process we are reminded of the enormous task facing the content delivery industry as products move from development to the marketplace. Maintaining a secure and legitimate delivery environment is the common goal of copyright owners, media manufacturers and other participants along the supply chain. The re-certification of the Sony DADC US’s facility reflects the positive and voluntary synergism that has marked our anti-piracy program from the start.”
The IRMA program contains the industry’s first set of international anti-piracy standards for replicators and is a major step in assisting record labels, movie studios, computer software and game publishers to identify replicators that have implemented this program to prevent the replication of unauthorized content..
About CDSA and the APCP
CDSA offers a number of intellectual property protection standards to the content delivery industry, including its Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs (APCP) designed to reduce the risk of producing pirated or unauthorized content. The programs’ standards and procedures were developed with assistance and input from the CDSA Anti-Piracy Coalition, comprised of optical media replicators, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), the Digital Software Association (DSA), the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Electronic Arts and Microsoft. The APCP is also supported by International Video Federation (IVF), Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique (BIEM) and Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN). The programs have received global industry recognition, with support shown from companies and organizations on six continents.
Your content is in safe hands when you use a CDSA-certified replicator. For a complete list of certified plants and more information on CDSA's Anti-Piracy Compliance Program, please visit the CDSA website at www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org
CDSA, the Content Delivery & Storage Association (formerly IRMA, the International Recording Media Association), is the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software and information content. Founded in 1970, this global trade association's membership includes companies involved in every facet along the digital and physical media supply chain. Beginning with the audiocassette, through the home video revolution, and into today’s digital delivery era, CDSA has always been the organization companies have turned to for news, networking, market research, information services, and leadership. CDSA also publishes the professional journal Mediaware that provides "Executive Strategies for the Advancement of Content Delivery & Storage."