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Media Server Manufacturer Wins in Court

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the gentlemen-start-your-rippers dept.

whoever57 writes "The DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA) has lost its bid to shut down Kaleidescope, which manufactures media servers that can copy DVDs (along with decryption keys) to built in hard drives. The DVD CCA claimed that this violated the terms of the contracts that control DVD-related equipment because the DVD need not be physically present for payback. However, the judge ruled against the DVD CCA on the narrow grounds that part of the specification of the Content Scrambling System was not part of the overall license agreement. This may open up the market for similar devices."

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  1. Re:It's fairly simple... by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you're going to compare your right to copy physical items to your right to copy works, why not go the whole hog?

    If you like my chair and ask me if you can make a copy, should I refuse?

    Should it be illegal for me to allow you to make the copy?

    Does the existance of an autocarpenter make a difference?

    We have a right to copy. The law of copyright is ment to be a deal.. we give up our right to copy and the creators get a short incentive to make productive works. I don't like this deal anymore.. I want out. Who's with me?

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