FlashCP is a
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enforcement technology for the storage of electronic materials (e.g.
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s). Originally developed under the
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"
BootLocker",
SanDiskSanDisk Corporation is an American multinational corporation which designs and markets flash memory card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra, non-volatile memory technology experts. SanDisk became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in November 1995. In...
acquired the technology in 2005 with the purchase of
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i-based MDRM.
FlashCP is primarily used on USB flash drives to provide
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s with storage capabilities of copyrighted material, while protecting the rights of the copyright holders.
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FlashCP is a
copyrightCopyright is a form of intellectual property that gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation, after which time the work is said to enter the public domain...
enforcement technology for the storage of electronic materials (e.g.
e-bookAn e-book , as known as a digital book, is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, sometimes protected with a digital rights management system...
s). Originally developed under the
trademarkA trademark or trade mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from...
"
BootLocker",
SanDiskSanDisk Corporation is an American multinational corporation which designs and markets flash memory card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra, non-volatile memory technology experts. SanDisk became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in November 1995. In...
acquired the technology in 2005 with the purchase of
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i-based MDRM.
FlashCP is primarily used on USB flash drives to provide
studentThe word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb studēre, meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as "one who directs zeal at a subject"...
s with storage capabilities of copyrighted material, while protecting the rights of the copyright holders. This is done through the use of
WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces...
-based software that must be installed in order to use the FlashCP capability of the flashdrive. The software interfaces with proprietary
firmwareIn electronics and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
in the flash drive.
Currently, SanDisk manufacturers one drive that uses the FlashCP technology, called the Freedom Drive, and is part of the Cruzer line.