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Question

how do I protect my hard drive

Aug 26, 2015 8:37AM PDT

I run a entertainment company, I'm opening a DJ division, I want to give them external HD's with our library on

I want to restrict them from copying the data or corrupting it in anyway

I want them to have full functionality within serato i.e cue points, ID3 tag info, adding notes, colour coding etc...

Is this possible to protect the Hd in this way?

I need a Mac OSX solution and a PC solution.

Thanks

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You could put the files on a DVD or Blu-ray disc.
Aug 26, 2015 9:15AM PDT

A standard DVD disc holds 4.7 GB, a dual layer one holds 9.4, and 25 GB. These are read only after being burned.
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Good luck.

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About the copying part.
Aug 26, 2015 9:40AM PDT

Unless you develop proprietary player software, your own encoding and more any media can be copied. There are some that can't get over that and you have to wait for them to work through it.

So yes, you could do all this but is it worth the millions of development it will take?