With the ruling for the two court cases. what does this mean for DVD coping in Alcohol :ninja2:
Whats does this mean for Alc
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BigTy
, Jan 07 2003 01:25 PM
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Posted 07 January 2003 - 08:45 PM
HOLLYWOOD studios have won a temporary victory in a long-running dispute over free software that can be used to copy DVDs.
The US Supreme Court has banned distribution of the illegal copying software.
The DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA) filed a lawsuit back in 1999 against Matthew Pavlovich for posting the DeCSS.exe software on his website.
But last November a court ruled the Texas-based defendant could not be sued in the state of California.
Now Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has ruled that an injunction banning web users from downloading the program must continue until the US Supreme Court can decide what to do next.
The DVDCCA claims its members lose millions of dollars in royalties every year through illegal movie copying.
But Pavlovich's lawyer claims that similar programs are already available on hundreds of other websites and have even been printed in magazines and newspapers.
In 1976 Universal Pictures and Disney filed a lawsuit against Sony, claiming video recording technology infringed their copyright.
They eventually lost the case in 1983.
Just remember that there's a work around for everything.
Nothings impossible anymore
Well part from the possibility of me finishing Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza
The US Supreme Court has banned distribution of the illegal copying software.
The DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA) filed a lawsuit back in 1999 against Matthew Pavlovich for posting the DeCSS.exe software on his website.
But last November a court ruled the Texas-based defendant could not be sued in the state of California.
Now Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has ruled that an injunction banning web users from downloading the program must continue until the US Supreme Court can decide what to do next.
The DVDCCA claims its members lose millions of dollars in royalties every year through illegal movie copying.
But Pavlovich's lawyer claims that similar programs are already available on hundreds of other websites and have even been printed in magazines and newspapers.
In 1976 Universal Pictures and Disney filed a lawsuit against Sony, claiming video recording technology infringed their copyright.
They eventually lost the case in 1983.
Just remember that there's a work around for everything.
Nothings impossible anymore
Well part from the possibility of me finishing Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza
Edited by NoMoreCoasters, 07 January 2003 - 08:46 PM.
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Posted 07 January 2003 - 08:53 PM
This does not affect Alcohol or E-soft as Alcohol does not DECSS DVD movies,
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