Disc Identification/Serialization Data

IFPI Code

synonym: SID-Code

• location: innerring outside datasection
• length:
• sample:

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  CD showing IFPI-Codes in detail - there is no BCA visible

Patents and references

• http://www.google.com/#q=ifpi+patent
• http://home.lyse.net/bki/met/ifpi-codes.html
• http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/sid-code-implementation-guide.pdf
• http://www.ip.philips.com/data/downloadables/3/0/6/sid_implementationguide.pdf

Cutting Burst Area (CBA)

synonym: Burst Cutting Area (BCA)

• location: innerring inside datasection
• radius: 22.3 to 23.5mm
• datasize: 12 bytes to 188 bytes in steps of 16 bytes
• sample:

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  DVD showing CBA in detail - on the innerring is the IFPI

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  Wii Disk showing CBA in detail - on the innerring is the IFPI

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  Wii Super Mario Galaxy PAL - showing IFPI - BCA and Angular Marks

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  Wii Super Mario Galaxy PAL - BCA cropped

Patents and references

• http://www.google.com/#q=burst+cutting+area+patent

PIC Zone

• location: within the Cutting Burst Area (CBA)
• datasize: 0x73 bytes
• sample:

Patents and references

• http://www.google.com/#q=pic+zone+patent

Angular Marks

• location: in the data area, outside the Cutting Burst Area (CBA)
• sample:

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  Angular Marks

Patents and references

• http://www.google.com/#q=angular+mark+patent

ROM Mark

• location:
• length:
• sample:

Patents and references

• http://www.google.com/#q=rom+mark+patent
• http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=15046
• http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=15194

Generic References

• http://www.patexia.com/us-patents/07278031 ´Patent 07278031 - Secure distribution of portable game software´ img