Patent ID: 8087091

Claim:
A method for preventing unauthorized reproduction of electronic media disposed on a media storage device, said method comprising: creating, by a computer system, a first list comprising a first element associated with an accessing application accessing said electronic media; creating, by the computer system, a second list comprising a second element associated with a storing application storing a portion of data; assigning, by the computer system, a first time stamp to said first element when said accessing application accesses said electronic media; assigning, by the computer system, a second time stamp to said second element when said storing application stores said data; utilizing, by the computer system, said first list in conjunction with said second list to determine that said accessing application and said storing application are portions of an unauthorized reproduction application for creating an unauthorized copy of said electronic media by comparing said first time stamp and said second time stamp to identify that a time interval below a pre-defined parameter has elapsed; and preventing, by the computer system, said unauthorized reproduction application from storing a usable copy of said electronic media.