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Kaleidescape Triumphant in Court Case, DVD Ripping Ruled Legal

Posted by Zonk on from the only-when-you-own-it-netflixers dept.

Jim Buzbee writes "Ever wanted to rip all your DVDs to a big network server so that you could select and play them back to your TV? Up until now, manufacturers have been wary of building a device to allow this type of usage because they've been afraid a lawsuit. The DVD Copy Control Association had claimed this was contractually forbidden, but now a judge says otherwise stating, 'nothing in the agreement prevents you from making copies of DVDs. Nothing requires that a DVD be present during playback.' Kaleidescape has finally won their long-standing lawsuit, a case we first talked about early in 2005."

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  1. Re:Not contractually forbidden... by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I hope they do and require a signature at the sale. that will kill them instantly.

    Here's your new DVD sir, please sign here, here, and here. A copy will be sent to your lawyer.

    Oh yeah that will make DVD sales go up.

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