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The dots are arranged in a unique pattern as identification of the particular print of a movie, and are added during manufacture. The marks are not present on the original film negative; they are produced either by physical imprint on the final film print or by digitally postprocessing a digitally
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name of "crap code" by filmgoers. The term "crap code" was coined on a movie projectionists' discussion forum, due to its quite intrusive nature when viewing. These dots are usually placed on bright areas of a film frame, so they can be more easily identified, and are a reddish-brown color.
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CAP coding is a multi-dot pattern that is printed in several frames of a film print of a theatrically exhibited motion picture. It is sometimes accompanied by text code printed on the edge of a motion picture print, outside the visible picture area.
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distributed film. This enables codes to be customized on a per-copy basis so that they can be used to trace the print to the theaters that played that particular print and to trace any
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CineFence claims to be imperceptible to the viewer, but robust to copying and encoding, and encodes 35 bits/5 minutes.
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mandates forensic marking of digital film; CineFence is the first marking system that complies with this standard.
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Philips Announces Commercial Availability of CineFence Digital Cinema Forensic Marking for Both Image and Sound
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The original instance of CAP developed by Kodak is a technology for
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film prints to trace copies of a print, whether legal or not.
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A newer and more common variation has been developed by
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copies however they were made – be they
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A different marking system is CineFence, introduced by
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The original style of CAP code, developed in 1982 by
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