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MPAA Prevails Against 321 Studios' DVD X Copy

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the backup-possibilities-looking-less-legal dept.

Quok writes "Yahoo has the scoop. The article is short on details, but it seems the MPAA have succeeded in getting an injunction issued against 321 Studios, the makers of the popular DVD X Copy software, which allows consumers to make backup copies of DVD movies. Strike one for fair use."

9 of 347 comments (clear)

  1. Sony? by roseblood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't it Sony that made the VCR? Time to sue them, this lawsuit stuff works!

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    1. Re:Sony? by Digital+Dharma · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, American companied invented the VCR, but after seeing no market for them we sold all the patents to Japan.

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  2. How long by savagedome · · Score: 3, Funny

    before DVD Y Copy comes out? :)

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  3. Good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I downloaded it via BitTorrent some time ago.

    Fuck the **AA.

    1. Re:Good thing by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 3, Funny
      Fuck the **AA

      You're entitled to your opinion, but personally I'm going to be watching March Madness this year, same as ever.

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  4. Re:What's next? by jeorgen · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm going to go hide under my bed. Will someone please come and get me when the world becomes a little more rational?

    Step one for rationality is to get people out from under their beds :-)

    /jeorgen

  5. Re:strike by lambent · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's baseball idiom. You are naturally both correct.

    Now kiss and make up.

    And in the words of the immortal yogi bera, "You can observe a lot by watching."

  6. I use DVD X Copy to Copy Rented DVDs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And I don't feel bad about it. They already charge too much for renting new releaes, in my opinion. If people have the ability to copy, they will. I have the ability, and I do.

    BTW, I use a pirated copy of DVD X Copy. I am a bad boy...

  7. Re:Try this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    For Linux just try:

    mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts [whatever bitrate you want] -oac lame -lameopts presets=standard -o [whatever you want to name it]

    And here people said linux wasn't ready for the desktop. Sigh.