FlashCP
Encyclopedia
FlashCP is a copyright
enforcement technology for the storage of electronic materials (e.g. e-book
s). Originally developed under the trademark
"BootLocker", SanDisk
acquired the technology in 2005 with the purchase of Israel
i-based MDRM.
FlashCP is primarily used on USB flash drives to provide student
s with storage capabilities of copyrighted material, while protecting the rights of the copyright holders. This is done through the use of Windows
-based software that must be installed in order to use the FlashCP capability of the flash drive. The software interfaces with proprietary firmware
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.
flashcp is also the name of an open source program for writing to flash devices. It is part of the mtd-utils package, unrelated to the above, proprietary, closed source, Windows
software.
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
enforcement technology for the storage of electronic materials (e.g. e-book
E-book
An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital...
s). Originally developed under the trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, 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...
"BootLocker", SanDisk
SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using the flash memory, controller and firmware technologies. It was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra, non-volatile memory...
acquired the technology in 2005 with the purchase of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i-based MDRM.
FlashCP is primarily used on USB flash drives to provide student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s with storage capabilities of copyrighted material, while protecting the rights of the copyright holders. This is done through the use of Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
-based software that must be installed in order to use the FlashCP capability of the flash drive. The software interfaces with proprietary firmware
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or 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.
flashcp is also the name of an open source program for writing to flash devices. It is part of the mtd-utils package, unrelated to the above, proprietary, closed source, Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
software.