DVD X Copy Sales Will Fund Piracy Foes

KingFishKingFish
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
One of 321 Studios's last corporate acts will be paying off the companies that drove it to extinction.
The St. Louis developer of commercial software for copying DVDs and other digital content posted a closing notice on its Web site last week, saying court injunctions barring U.S. sales of its software leaves it with no choice but to discontinue operations. On Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced a settlement deal with the now-defunct company.
Make 'em fight for every last cent, don't just give it to them. -KF

Source: PC World

Comments

  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited August 2004
    Except that the Board of Directors can be personally liable for a defunct company. So even once the company is dead the Directors could have to pay up millions in a settlement to the MPAA. Settling allows them to move on and protects their families from sure bankruptcy.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2004
    Oh, I found out that during the trial with 3-2-1 Studios, the MPAA was developing its own DVD copying software.
    From Neowin news post
    Today the Motion Picture Association of America has settled a copyright infringement against 321 Studios. A lot of good this does 321 Studios now. Since last Friday 321 Studios went bankrupt trying to afford all the expensive court fees.

    Motion Picture Association of America has spared no legal expense with the infringement suit filed against 321 Studios Back in 2002. As now the company that offered DVD copying software for consumers is no more. The software in question was "DVD X Copy" which allowed consumers to make backup copies of their movies (in case the original got destroyed or scratched). The MPAA didn't see it this way at all. Instead it labeled 321 Studios software as a tool to undermine the copy protection mechanism that prevents DVD backup.

    In some weird way I agree with the MPAA. That "DVD X Copy" did undermined DVDs copy protection mechanism, but shouldn't the consumer have the right to backup his/her purchase. I believe the consumer should have the right to backup their DVD. Apparently so does the MPAA now. Not to long ago the MPAA announced that they’re developing a DVD copying software. This was announced while the trial between 321 Studios and the MPAA was still underway. I find it messed up that the MPAA would seek to destroy 321 Studios "DVD X Copy" software, only to be making there own.

    Source:
    http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=23208&category=main

    http://news.com.com/MPAA+wins+settlement+in+DVD+copy+case/2100-1025_3-5303946.html?tag=nefd.top
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