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::daedelus::

Mar 5 2004, 02:11

321 Studios lost its second court ruling within 13 days today. Company previously lost the first round of its Californian lawsuit on 20th of February when court ordered company to stop selling products that contained a code that allowed circumventing the copy protection found on DVD-Video discs, called CSS.

Today, the New York federal judge Richard Owen decided that 321 Studios' products violate the DMCA legislation by allowing circumvention of CSS copy protection mechanism. The decision was basically identical to the one that San Fransisco court ordered on 20th -- company has pulled out all the ripper-equipped versions of its DVD X Copy software and replaced them with similar tools that only lack the "ripper" part.

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News source: afterdawn.com

::daedelus::

Mar 5 2004, 02:15

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321 Studios has already announced that it disagrees with the New York ruling (as well as the previous San Fransisco ruling) and will appeal both cases. 321 Studios bases their court process on the fact that American copyright legislation allows consumers to back up material that they own -- but by copy protecting that material and making it illegal to distribute tools that allow circumventing the copy protection, that right has been effectively removed even that it is still stated in copyright legislation as the "fair use" right.

Both lawsuits against the 321 Studios were brought up by various movie studios. The studios behind the New York case are Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Film.

321 Studio's reasons sound fair enough to me. It doesn't make sense to say it's lawful to make a backup copy but then deem the software to do so is illegal?

stealth

Mar 5 2004, 02:48

so wait.. it wont be able to copy dvds anymore.. just burn them.. they should change it to like DVD X Burn or something..

thynomalis

Mar 5 2004, 04:23

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321 Studio's reasons sound fair enough to me. It doesn't make sense to say it's lawful to make a backup copy but then deem the software to do so is illegal?

I totally agree and I'm very disappointed to see them having to change their software... but I just got to make sure I hold on tight to my latest version of dvdxcopy.... I love the software..

Fod

Mar 5 2004, 09:11

who cares. there's much beter apps out there, that are free,

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