A loss for digital rights…

In a defeat for Fair Use rights, 321 Studios was issued an injunction from a federal judge instructing them to stop producing or selling their software product DVD X-Copy. The software allows you to backup your DVD’s to recordable DVDs, a right that seems perfectly reasonable (especially given that it IS legal to backup CDs).

Hopefully a higher court will hear this, and come to their senses.

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Published:: 02.21.04 / 12pm

Category:: Digital Culture

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travis February 22, 2004

I looked at their software today at Best Buy. Was tempted to pick it up before The Law came a’callin. But it was $70 and I suddenly had a case of the neverminds.

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