Definitions for "DTCP"
Keywords:  dtla, ieee, matsushita, hitachi, hdcp
This is an encryption standard for IEEE 1394 that prevents the copying of first-run movies and pay-per-view events. DTCP is also called 5C Copy protection (in reference to the 'five companies' that license it).
Digital Transmission Content Protection. An encryption technology that allows transmission of digital video and digital audio between components in a home-theater system, but prohibits those signals from being recorded. Used with FireWire (IEEE1394). Also called 5C to acknowledge the five companies that developed it.
See " Digital Transmission Content Protection."
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Definition of DTCP