Regency Media Achieves CDSA Anti-Piracy Certification

Regency Media Pty. Ltd., a replicator of CDs and DVDs in Australia, has been certified under the Content Delivery and Storage Association‘s (formerly IRMA, the International Recording Media Association) Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs (APCP): Copyright and Licensing Verification. The certification resulted from a comprehensive examination and review of Regency Media’s systems and procedures to examine customers’ copyright and licensing to prevent unauthorized replication of content.

The certification applies to Regency Media’s manufacturing sites in Braeside, Victoria and Northmead, New South Wales.

Fiona Horman, Managing Director of Regency Media said: "We are pleased to become a CDSA Accredited company, joining other already CDSA Accredited manufacturing plants. We understand the significance of the CDSA’s work and mission, and feel that this is an important acknowledgement of our ongoing commitment to the media industry, and the high standards of product and service that we at Regency Media maintain.  The CDSA Accreditation reflects the reliable service that Regency Media is known for, and further cements us and our three manufacturing plants as the company of choice for all media needs. Regency Media is proud to receive CDSA Accreditation and will continue to support the crucial work that the CDSA performs."

Linda Dyson, Worldwide Director of CDSA’s Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs, said:" Regency Media Pty. Ltd’s is commended for its successful accreditation in CDSA Anti-Piracy and Compliance Program.  This prestigious achievement is indicative of Regency Media’s commitment to the prevention of entertainment media piracy, its support of global content owners, and the global fight against the theft of their intellectual property."

The CDSA Copyright and Licensing Verification standards and procedures are part of the association’s global array of anti-piracy and compliance programs providing content protection from copyright infringement, security violations, and distribution losses of physical and electronic media. Under these programs, which are supported by owners of intellectual property including music, films, games and business software supply chain partners, comply with a stringent set of systems and procedures, cumulating in comprehensive, independent audits. CDSA, formerly the International Recording Media Association (IRMA), initiated its anti-piracy programs in 1999 in response to requests from content owners and media manufacturers. Its expansion of the content delivery protection programs reflects the dramatic changes within the industry to satisfy customers’ demands and entertainment habits.

The CDSA programs contain the industry’s first set of international anti-piracy standards and are major indicators for record labels, movie studios, computer software and game publishers to identify supply chain partners which have implemented these programs to prevent losses through piracy and security violations. They were developed with input and support from the CDSA Anti-Piracy Coalition, comprised of media manufacturers, content delivery suppliers, content owners and their organizations including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), the Digital Software Association (DSA), the International Video Federation (IVF), the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Microsoft Corporation, and the Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d’Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique (BIEM).