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Lawsuits Force 321 Studios Out Of Business

Posted by timothy on from the anywhere-it-wants-to dept.

elegie writes "321 Studios has gone out of business. Earlier, they came under fire for producing DVD disc-copying software. Specifically, it was argued by movie studios that the DVD-X Copy software and the DVD Copy Plus software violated the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) anticircumvention rules. 321 Studios argued that copying a DVD disc for personal use counted as "fair use" in terms of copyright law. The EFF has said that the closing was not surprising because of all the legal injunctions against 321 Studios."

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  1. the REAL truth by theMerovingian · · Score: 5, Funny


    The REAL reason they went out of business is that everyone was burning and distributing illegal copies of their software.

    [/joke]

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  2. Now how else will I back up my movies by baywulf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now how else will I back up my DVD movies that I plan to eventually buy?

  3. Re:Lesson. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is no "legal" system.
    There is no "system".
    Life is unreal and absurd.

  4. DVD X-Copy is free(as in speech)? by El_Ge_Ex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting. Now that 321 is out of business. DVD X-Copy is now considered fair use under the "software created by company no longer in existance" revision they added.

  5. Re:Lesson. by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't the point of the legal system once to protect the weak from the poor. Somewhere along the line something happened to that ideal.

    Yeah, those darn poor are always taking advantage of the weak.

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  6. Man.. by bdigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's alot of studios that went out of business

  7. Re:Lesson. by Threni · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oops! It's sort of a combination of `the weak AND the poor` and `the weak from the strong`. It's hot in England right now - give me a break!

  8. Re:Lesson. by FlutterVertigo(gmail · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called a "plutocracy" (did you sleep in class that day?) Why describe in sentences when a word will do? Perhaps you write code the same way?

    Two simple phrases to remember:

    1. Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.
    2. The Golden Rule - he who has the gold makes the rules.

  9. Re:Open source? by GoofyBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    >DVDShrink 3.2 and the lastest DVD Decrypter are awesome especially with the new AEC algorithms that rivals if not beats Instant Copy 8.

    You mean I can't use Locksmith 6 or NibblesAway II anymore?

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