Translation guide
Techniques to prevent unauthorized copying of digital media, software, or content.
The overall concept or system that prevents copying.
The most common and widely understood term for copy protection, used for media like DVDs, CDs, and software.
This DVD has copy protection.
Also common, often used in technical contexts or for software. Slightly more formal than コピーガード.
This software is copy-protected.
A more formal, written term meaning 'copy prevention'. Used in legal or technical documents.
Development of copy protection technology is advancing.
The action of adding copy protection to something.
The standard way to say 'to apply copy protection'. Literally 'to put on a copy guard'.
Copy protection has been applied to this CD.
A more formal way to say 'to implement copy protection', often used in technical writing.
Copy protection has been implemented in this software.
Describing something that has copy protection.
Means 'with copy protection' or 'copy-protected'. Commonly used for media.
I bought a copy-protected DVD.
The passive form of コピープロテクトする, used as an adjective. Common in software contexts.
I can't open the copy-protected file.
Both are common, but コピーガード is slightly more everyday, while コピープロテクト is often used in software or technical settings. In casual conversation, コピーガード is safe for most situations.
This game has copy protection, you know.