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Subject:    Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Studios ask judge to bar DVD-copying software
From:       michael.weishaar () earthlink ! net
Date:       2002-12-20 15:03:46
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I also saw this article:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=2&cid=528&u=/ap/20021220/ap_on_hi_te/dvd_suit

Which has this choice quote:
"It's like somebody selling a digital crowbar. It's like breaking into the 
castle if you will," said Patricia Benson, an attorney for the studios. 

You know, last time I checked it wasn't illegal to buy a crowbar.  If I 
were a lawyer on the opposing side, I would take this quote and exploit 
it.

Michael



On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Vladimir Katalov wrote:

> 
> Friday, December 20, 2002
> Studios ask judge to bar DVD-copying software
> By Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times
> 
> http://www.detnews.com/2002/technology/0212/20/technology-40853.htm
> 
> Seven Hollywood studios have raised the stakes in their courtroom
> battle with 321 Studios, a software developer that makes two programs
> for duplicating DVD movies.
> 
> On Thursday, the studios asked U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in
> Oakland, Calif., to permanently forbid 321 Studios and its executives
> from making or selling the two programs -- DVD Copy Plus and DVDXCopy
> -- or any similar product that circumvents the electronic locks on
> DVDs. They also asked to be awarded all of the start-up company's
> profit and its entire inventory of the two programs.
> 
> St. Louis-based 321 Studios had started the legal maneuvering in April
> by filing suit against the studios. The company initially asked
> Illston to declare that DVD Copy Plus was a legal product, and it
> later amended its lawsuit to seek protection for DVDXCopy as well.
> 
> The case is the latest test of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright
> Act, which makes it illegal to pick the electronic locks protecting a
> digital movie, music or other copyrighted material. In its lawsuit,
> 321 Studios argued that the restrictions in the DMCA don't apply or
> are unconstitutional because their products are used mainly for a
> legal purpose: letting users make backup copies of their DVDs.
> 
> The company also noted that DVDXCopy includes features to deter
> pirates, including an electronic code that prevents copies from being
> duplicated and an identifier that can link pirated discs to their
> source.
> 
> The studios initially asked Illston to dismiss 321 Studios' lawsuit on
> procedural grounds. On Thursday, though, they filed a counterclaim
> accusing 321 of trafficking in illegal products.
> 
> Patricia H. Benson, an attorney for the studios, said the legal
> landscape changed when 321 Studios brought out DVDXCopy, which enables
> DVD-to-DVD copying. DVDCopyPlus squeezes DVD movies onto CDs,
> eliminating the extra features on a DVD in the process.
> 
> Benson and Daralyn J. Durie, an attorney for 321 Studios, agreed that
> the central issue of the case hasn't changed. The only real
> difference, Durie said, is that the studios added the three owners of
> 321 Studios to the case, potentially subjecting them to penalties and
> restrictions.
> 
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