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MPAA Countersues 321 Studios

Posted by michael on from the turnabout-is-fair-play dept.

Squash writes "321 Studios, makers of DVD X-Copy, is being Counter-sued by the MPAA. You may remember them filing suit to allow thier software to be produced and sold. Interesting point: the MPAA wants to claim all profits from sales of the software, which is now being bundled with some DVD burners."

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  1. Did anyone else think by CableModemSniper · · Score: 5, Funny

    that the MPAA was suing three-hundred and twenty one different studios?

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    1. Re:Did anyone else think by PunchMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      that the MPAA was suing three-hundred and twenty one different studios?

      No... technically there were only 136 studios, but some of them were using 4x dvd burners. The post should read "MPAA Countersues the equivalent of 321 studios".

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  2. Copy vs. backup. by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 5, Funny


    IMO, they made a mistake with the name. DVD-X-Copy is, obviously, intended to make illegal copies. DVD-X-Backup, on the other hand, would obviously be intended to make legal, fair-use, backups.

    Darwin works for companies & products as well ... 321 deserve to lose.

    1. Re:Copy vs. backup. by diaphanous · · Score: 5, Funny

      IMO, they made a mistake with the name. DVD-X-Copy is, obviously, intended to make illegal copies. DVD-X-Backup, on the other hand, would obviously be intended to make legal, fair-use, backups.

      If we took this line of reasoning seriously then every computer program that has data-copying functions needs to be changed. The C library function "strcpy" would need to be be switched to "strbkup", all our unix shell scripts would need to be scanned to replace "cp" with "bkup". No longer can our kernels use "copy-on-write" pages; new processes will do "backup-on-write".

      "Copy" is a perfectly neutral term.We can't let the MPAA dictate our language.

      ~Phillip

  3. Not as bad as you think... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    MPAA actually only sued 57 studios, but a few of them were unusually big.

  4. This is great advertising by borg · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, someone just asked me if there was software that would let you copy DVDs. They wanted to...(wait for it...) use a copy for the DVD player in their Honda odyssey so they could keep the orignals at home and undamaged (kids, minivans and optical discs don't play well together).

    I told them there was no such software.

    Now I know differently. Thanks, MPAA, I guess you do add value, after all!

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  5. Re:i cant copy my own dvds? by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your two-year-old can eat DVDs?

    With dVDs and CDs being non-biodegradeable, I think we need to employ your children on a far larger scale.

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