Controlling interaction between protected media

A gaming system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory;
• and
• a content manager adapted to manage interaction between a local processing system and one or more other systems comprising protected media, wherein the content manager comprises:
• a unique identifier receiver adapted to receive at least one remote unique identifier from a remote processing system, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier is associated with a remote software package that is stored on the remote processing system;
• a comparator adapted to compare, in response to the receiving, the at least one remote unique identifier and a local unique identifier associated with a local software package stored on the local processing system, the local software package corresponding to the remote software package, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier indicates that the remote software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of a software package executable and the local unique identifier indicates that the local software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of the software package executable;
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• an interaction authorizer adapted to authorize an operation of the local software package based upon the comparing.

A computer program storage product for managing interaction between one or more other gaming systems comprising protected media, the computer program storage product storing a machine executable program comprising instructions for:

• receiving at least one remote unique identifier from a remote processing system, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier is associated with a remote software package that is stored on the remote processing system;
• comparing, in response to the receiving, the at least one remote unique identifier and a local unique identifier associated with a local software package stored on a local processing system, the local software package corresponding to the remote software package, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier indicates that the remote software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of a software package executable and the local unique identifier indicates that the local software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of the software package executable;
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• authorizing an operation of the local software package based upon the comparing.

A computer program storage product containing a software executable image for a game, the computer program storage product comprising:

• an identification storage encoded with a local unique identifier associated with a local software package stored in the memory;
• and
• a content manager adapted to manage interaction between a local processing system and one or more other systems comprising protected media, wherein the content manager comprises:
• a unique identifier receiver adapted to receive at least one remote unique identifier from a remote processing system, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier is associated with a remote software package that is stored on the remote processing system;
• a comparator adapted to compare, in response to the receiving, the at least one remote unique identifier and the local unique identifier associated with a local software package stored on the local processing system, the local software package corresponding to the remote software package, wherein the at least one remote unique identifier indicates that the remote software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of a software package executable and the local unique identifier indicates that the local software package is one of a parent copy and a child copy of the software package executable;
• and
• an interaction authorizer adapted to authorize an operation of the local software package based upon the comparing.