What is Trident Media Guard?
{{Infobox company | name = Trident Media Guard | logo = | caption = | type = [[S.A. (corporation)|S.A.]] | industry = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 2002 | founder = | defunct = | location = | location_city = [[Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]] | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Alain Guislain (CEO) | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 40 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | location_country = [[France]] | homepage = [http://tmg.eu/ http://tmg.eu/] | intl = }}'''Trident Media Guard''' (TMG) is a French company based in [[Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]] near [[Nantes]]. Founded in 2002 by Alain Guislain and Bastien Casalta, TMG specializes in software designed to prevent unauthorized file copying over the Internet. The company aims to provide services to major publishing companies in the recording and film industry, helping them combat revenue loss from illegal downloads on peer-to-peer networks.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 May 2006|title=La technologie du français TMG au secours des majors|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/solutions/0605/060509-Levee-Fonds-TMG.shtml|access-date=12 February 2010|publication-date=|agency=[[Le Journal du Net]]}}</ref> TMG works in collaboration with various entities, including Canal Plus, LFP, [[France Télévisions]], and the music and film industry. It was selected in 2010 to address copyright infringements on the Internet as part of the HADOPI law, which involved identifying IP addresses of users engaged in illegal downloading and reporting the information to HADOPI.<ref>{{cite web|author=Guillaume Champeau|title=Hadopi : Trident Media Guard sera à la pointe de la lutte anti-pirate|url=http://www.numerama.com/magazine/copier/14931-hadopi-trident-media-guard-sera-a-la-pointe-de-la-lutte-anti-pirate.html|access-date=12 February 2010|publication-date=|agency=[[Numerama]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Marc Rees|date=27 Novembe