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EA, Atari Sue Over Videogame Copying Software
Thanks to the Monterey Herald/AP for its news story regarding EA, Atari, and VU Games' lawsuit against the makers of the Games X Copy backup software. The article explains: "The federal lawsuit [PDF version], filed Tuesday in New York, alleges that Games X Copy software by 321 Studios Inc. of suburban St. Louis violates copyright laws by illegally cracking copy-protection systems used by [PC] game makers." Doug Lowenstein of the ESA trade body, also backing the lawsuits, explains: "I wouldn't get into speculating on dollar losses here. What's at stake here is a rather important legal principle - that products with no purpose other than to circumvent copyright protection are illegal under the DMCA." The piece also notes that "Federal judges in New York and California have barred 321 from marketing... [similar] DVD-cloning software - a victory for movie studios, which contended that such products violate the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act."
im sort of mad i didnt know about the game X or dvd X copy sooner...i mean...
Doesn't the copyright protection have to be "effective" for the DMCA to apply?
321 Studios should have listed 123 Fake St. as their address. Then the subpeona wouldn't have reached them.
Could someone please post a copy of DVD-X-Copy and Games-X-Copy. I..er.."lost" my original copy and I need a back-up. Yeah that's it. Honest!
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
I would definitely buy their products If you want, I can make you a copy. ;)
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine No Posessions?'" -- Elvis Costello
If all you care about in your life is have a bigger car than your neighbour, that's exactly what you'll get.
In the meantime, your wife will be open-sourcing her vagina because your penis doesn't meet her system requirements.
Real men use Copy2PC!
Whoever you talked to didn't know their posterior from a whole in the ground.
Apparently you wouldn't know a whole in the ground from a hole in the ground.
"How the HELL do you get past the snake???"
Mushroom! Mushroom!
"Derp de derp."
Hey, my sex life is great!
Yeah, can get a whole lot of prostitutes for the money saved on one employee.
Free publicity. I'd never heard of this software before...
Thou art a town crier, sworn to tell the decrees from the lord of the land to the townsmen unaltered. The lazy and vain lord asks thee to begin the news with a pompous praise to him. Dost thou
A) Honestly refrain from praising the lord, knowing the townsmen dislike him as well, or
B) Honor thy agreement and do as thou hast been told?
Aww heck, as if that would matter. =)
Software doesn't pirate games... People do.
Buy the President
Challenge EVERYTHING*
"/Dread"
*Except EA Games.
In the meantime, your wife will be open-sourcing her vagina because your penis doesn't meet her system requirements.
Hey buddy, at least MINE is a valid input device.
Make that 80 percent of those 90 ; the rest gets stuck in the horrible site design.