copybroke

/kop'ee-brohk/ 1. (Or "copywronged", a play on "copyright") Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled.

2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the anti-piracy copy protection.

(14 Dec 1994)