Licensing
Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Both words in one sentence
- They sued to prevent third-party licensing of their hardware and lost.
- In truth, problems like these are often the responsibility of the Japanese companies licensing their properties in the first place, and arise from those companies' desire to prevent reverse importing (Japanese fans buying foreign DVDs because they're so much cheaper than domestic ones).
Source: Mis Blamed / Anime and Manga
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