Patent ID: 8365307

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a receiver of broadcast video content and optical disc player for playing a recording medium, the recording medium having storable thereon a digital content file, the receiver of broadcast video content and optical disc player for producing a digital content signal from the digital content file; a copy protection information storage device having storable thereon a copy protection information file, the copy protection information file including a digitized analog video copy protection waveform, the copy protection information storage device being different from the recording medium, the receiver of broadcast video content and optical disc player for producing a copy protection signal from the copy protection information file, the copy protection signal comprising a digitized analog copy protection waveform configured to disrupt recording in an unauthorized analog recording device; a signal modifier to produce a digital copy protected content signal by combining the digital content signal with the copy protection signal; a digital to analog converter operatively connected to the receiver of broadcast video content and optical disc player for converting the digital copy protected content signal to a copy protected analog signal, the copy protected analog signal configured to prevent unauthorized copying of the copy protected analog signal; and a copy protection detector, coupled to the receiver of broadcast video content and optical disc player, for detecting a copy protection trigger present in the digital content signal, wherein the signal modifier is coupled to the copy protection detector to enable the signal modifier to combine the digital content signal with the copy protection signal in response to the detection of the copy protection trigger in the digital content signal.