Judge Blocks Sales Of Unlicensed DVD Chips

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edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
A California judge has ordered a multimedia chipmaker to stop selling versions of its products that were used in DVD-copying devices.
The Motion Picture Association of America said Monday that it had found chips from ESS Technology, based in Fremont, Calif., inside a device that allowed DVDs to be copied. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis issued an order Friday that blocked the manufacturer from selling its chips to any other device maker producing similar products. "By selling chips to unlicensed manufacturers, ESS was effectively enabling wholesale piracy," Dan Robbins, the MPAA's chief technology counsel, said in a statement.
Source: ZDNet
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