S-TRACK™ is an off-the-shelf solution that enables any studio or vendor to forensically watermark and track content, for both DVD and electronic media. It meets wide-ranging needs, from in-house facilities duplicating dozens of discs a week, to global duplication and fulfillment organization that produce thousands of individually marked copies.

S-TRACK™ is a comprehensive forensic (serialization) watermarking and tracking system that enables you to trace stolen DVD and electronic content throughout the production chain, to specific locations and individuals. It helps you reduce the risk and cost of piracy in ways never before possible.

S-TRACK™ includes three critical components that make it exceedingly robust and flexible: a proven, world-class marking technology; a highly scalable content tracking system; and expert recovery services performed by Cinea.

S-TRACK™ Components
Serialization Watermarking Technology
Running Marks™ is Cinea's patented watermarking technology. Because it was created specifically to place forensic data in copyrighted material, unlike copy control watermarking, its results are unmatched:

• Imperceptible: Delivers completely undetectable marks.
  
• Recoverable: Counters the most sophisticated piracy techniques. Advanced architecture permits extensive signal processing, including error correction and spread spectrum coding, ensuring a highly robust system.
  
• Renewable: Unique architecture enables easy, fast field updates.
• Flexible: Inserts multiple marks at any stage in the production and distribution chain.
  
• Proven: Used on more than 700 MPAA titles as part of the Divx encrypted DVD system, and on thousands of academy screeners.

Content Tracking System
S-TRACK's content tracking system manages watermarks throughout the entire production and distribution process, providing all the data needed to pinpoint individuals and locations where content originated.

• Industrial-strength, highly flexible system meets diverse production/distribution models, while enabling you to centrally manage tracking across global facilities and numerous processes.
  
• Comprised of a robust facility server and shipping module, it tracks specific IDs from duplication through fulfillment.
  

Running Marks Watermark Recovery Services
Running Marks Recovery services are performed by Cinea’s watermarking recovery experts who have deep experience managing large-scale forensic and security systems for high-value entertainment content. This professional services group applies countermeasures to the original hacks and uses Cinea’s proprietary tools to recover the marks.

Superior Piracy Tracking for Any Business
S-TRACK™ gives you everything you need to track pirates:

Identifies pirates

• Specifies the person and/or location where content originates
  
• Tracks content through its many stages providing a chain of evidence for future prosecution.
  
• Virtually eliminates false positives.
  
• Gives honest people the incentive they need to be careful with your content.

Counters the most sophisticated piracy techniques

• Exceptionally robust recovery proven at countering everything from compression/re-compression and image distortions like cropping and rotating, to random noise injections, striping and more.
  
• Imperceptible marks are extremely difficult for pirates to compromise.
  

Supports real-world production concerns

• Distributed, flexible tracking architecture reflects the way global organizations do business. It makes it easy to track across numerous facilities and processes, such as shipping, return and order entry.
  
• Integrates seamlessly into existing production workflow systems.
  
• Centralized management simplifies the logistical complexities inherent in managing multiple facilities.
  
• “Golden-eye” approved invisible marks eliminate all chances of artifacts and result in the highest-quality viewing experience.

Scalable and cost-effective

• Works well for in-house facilities as well as large-scale global duplication and fulfillment organizations.
  
• Requires negligible computing power at the point of insertion, allowing for very low-cost inserter components.
  
• Supports DVD and VHS formats.

Enables rigorous anti-piracy control

• Takes the guesswork out of piracy tracking, enabling you to pinpoint problem areas and establish effective anti-piracy policies.