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DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS

Posted by michael on from the patent-leather-shoes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After dropping their suit against Andrew Bunner, DVDCCA has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against 321 Studios. This is an interesting claim, because since patents are published, something can not be both patented and a trade secret."

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  1. COPY and XCOPY are old by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Troll

    The patent lawsuit centers on St. Louis-based 321's flagship products, DVD Copy and DVD X Copy, which have reaped strong sales from consumers and bitter criticism from Hollywood.

    For us in the Free World, the command is dvdcp

    If it's not on your system already, do apt-get install annoydvdcca_utils

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