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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."

4 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!

    --
    There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
  2. Good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I downloaded it via BitTorrent some time ago.

    Fuck the **AA.

  3. 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

  4. 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."