Interesting Court Decision on DVD Ripping Software

[wkid_one]

Only for those who care....

Here is a media statement from 321 Studios - who put out DVD Xcopy and XPress

Dear 321 Studios Customers & Friends,

As many of you may have already heard, Judge Illston of the Northern District of California Court ruled against us last Friday and in favor of the movie studios. This is the first major decision in the six lawsuits in which we are now involved.


Her ruling included an injunction preventing us from continuing to sell the current version of our popular DVDXCOPY software if it included a ripper. This injunction takes effect 7 days from her order. While we do not agree with the rationale behind the decision, we intend to fully comply with the order and, at the same time, file an appeal and ask her to stay the injunction pending the appeal.


This decision is unfortunate news for us. However, we expected the fight for fair use rights to be a long one when we initiated it almost two years ago. We also expected to face great opposition and to take some hits along the way. Well, we are still here and are not going out of business. Starting next week, well sell ripper-free versions of DVDXCOPY as well as all our other popular titles including DVDXSHOW, DVDXMAKER and DVDXPOINT.


If youd like to read Judge Illstons decision or articles written about us, please go to our web site at http://www.321studios.com. If youd like to offer your support, please visit http://www.protectfairuse.org. Meanwhile, we are making every effort to continue to support you and your 321 products.


Please share this news with your friends and family. We can use all the support we can get to continue fighting for everyones fair use rights in todays digital world.

It reeeeeks of the whole Music Industry v Napster court case also.

[riffer]

Only for those who care....

You're not wrong there wkid.

Makes me wonder ... DVDxCopy accesses the net every time I open the program - well according to Norton Internet Security it does.

Is there the possibility that they've been gathering information on my use of the program? Or, possibly more likely, they have some kind of access built into the program which can be revoked at any time depending on the whims of the RIAA and others...

Still, like p2p, there's very little they can do to stem the tide. There is also programs like DVDShrink which don't contain a ripper, which use Nero to finish the job for you.

I shall follow this with interest...

[SPman]

Interesting to note that the Australian/US free trade agreement, included a proviso to extend US patent rights and authorities over Australia!- including intellectual and property rights! So the Aussies will be able to be prosecuted under US law.
They did the same thing in Iraq
A cunning plan to extend their bully boy tactics over the rest of the world....?

[Motu]

Fuckwit Aussies - but with this swing against Labour,will we get a National government who will pull the plug on Nuclear Free....so then we can get a free trade agreament too...wow,two South Pacific States for the USA!