321 Studios must stop selling its DVD copying software, ruled Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District Federal Court for California. The ruling is a huge win for the Motion Picture Association of America and its members, which include Disney, Sony Pictures, MGM, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios and Warner Brothers.
Judge Illston found 321’s DVD X Copy and DVD Copy Plus software in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and ordered the company to stop “manufacturing, distributing, or otherwise trafficking in any type of DVD circumvention software as of seven days from today.”
321 said they will appeal the ruling and seek a stay during the appeal process.
“Despite today’s ruling, 321 stands firm in our vow to fight the Hollywood Studios in their effort to take away our customers’ digital rights,” said Robert Moore, Founder and President of 321 Studios. “There is no difference between making a copy of a music CD for personal use and making a backup of a DVD movie for personal use. We are so firm in our belief in the principle of fair use that we will appeal this ruling immediately. And we will take our fight all the way to the Supreme Court, if that’s what it takes to win.”.
(via 321 Studios)
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