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321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA

Posted by timothy on from the dispensation-nation dept.

mblase writes: "CNet reports on a request by 321 Studios to have it legally declared that their DVD Copy Plus software doesn't violate the DCMA. DVD Copy Plus works on a Windows PC by copying DVD video to a recordable CD in VCD or similar format. If successful, this could be a major legal weapon against the DCMA in the future. 321 Studios' press release is here."

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  1. People don't kill people... by tcm614ce · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...software does

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  2. Fair Use People by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Taking someone's work and calling it your own is "plagiarism." Benefitting commercially from a copyrighted work is called "copyright infringement." They are two entirely different things.

    How much does she make again? There seems to be a basic disconnect with the simplest elements of intellectual property laws here, and this isn't the first example.

    sigh... 90% of debates seem to be teaching the ABCs of logic, argument and the definitions of words.

  3. Good for them, but I don't like their program... by Ryu2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I appreciate companies taking a stance like this. However, I get a lot of spam for such programs, and not only due to their spamming practices, I think the programs themselves are sleazy because you can do the exact same thing with freeware, see http://www.doom9.net/ for the details and all you need.

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