Lawsuits Force 321 Studios Out Of Business

elegie writes "321 Studios has gone out of business. Earlier, they came under fire for producing DVD disc-copying software. Specifically, it was argued by movie studios that the DVD-X Copy software and the DVD Copy Plus software violated the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) anticircumvention rules. 321 Studios argued that copying a DVD disc for personal use counted as "fair use" in terms of copyright law. The EFF has said that the closing was not surprising because of all the legal injunctions against 321 Studios."

the REAL truth

[theMerovingian]

The REAL reason they went out of business is that everyone was burning and distributing illegal copies of their software.

[/joke]

Now how else will I back up my movies

[baywulf]

Now how else will I back up my DVD movies that I plan to eventually buy?

Re:Lesson.

[Anonymous Coward]

There is no "legal" system.
There is no "system".
Life is unreal and absurd.

I guess that makes it...

[Anonymous Coward]

...3210 Studios.

Re:This is probably a good thing.

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

To tie in to this article, I will award a Gmail invite for anyone who can prove to me that it's legal under the DMCA to stand on a street corner and recite DeCSS. It is of course illegal, which means that Free Speech is dead in America, but if you manage to prove me wrong and include an address, the invite will be on its way.

A gmail account in return for proving free speech in America isn't dead? man, you're cheap...

DVD X-Copy is free(as in speech)?

[El_Ge_Ex]

Interesting. Now that 321 is out of business. DVD X-Copy is now considered fair use under the "software created by company no longer in existance" revision they added.

Re:no surprise

[aslate]

I just went to update my copy of DVD Shrink to see this advert on the download site:

DVD X COPY.
The Best-Selling software for backing up your DVD movies.
More info here.

Oh, the irony.

Re:Lesson.

[Hatta]

Wasn't the point of the legal system once to protect the weak from the poor. Somewhere along the line something happened to that ideal.


Yeah, those darn poor are always taking advantage of the weak.

Re:This is probably a good thing.

[kroekle]

Just make sure that the street corner isn't in the U.S. Now where's my gmail invite :)

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Re:Lesson.

[Threni]

Oops! It's sort of a combination of `the weak AND the poor` and `the weak from the strong`. It's hot in England right now - give me a break!

Re:Lesson.

[swb]

No, the point of the legal system is to justify the will of the rich and legitimize its implementation at the barrel of a gun.

Re:Lesson.

[FlutterVertigo(gmail]

It's called a "plutocracy" (did you sleep in class that day?) Why describe in sentences when a word will do? Perhaps you write code the same way?

Two simple phrases to remember:

1. Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.
2. The Golden Rule - he who has the gold makes the rules.

Re:Open source?

[GoofyBoy]

>DVDShrink 3.2 and the lastest DVD Decrypter are awesome especially with the new AEC algorithms that rivals if not beats Instant Copy 8.

You mean I can't use Locksmith 6 or NibblesAway II anymore?

Re:Lesson.

[calethix]

... i thought me and my girlfriends ...
What?!? If you have more than 1 girlfriend, you should give up the others and share with those on slashdot who don't have any.

greedy bastard. :)

Re:Open source?

[Anonymous Coward]

smart enough to say "wait, these open shorts people are just protecting my rights

open shorts people? what rights do they protect?