321 Studios, maker of DVD copy products, said Thursday that it has appealed a pair of federal court rulings that it stop making and marketing its software.
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Since those rulings, 321 has shipped retooled versions of the DVD-copying products, removing a built-in tool for descrambling movies. The company has argued that its products merely guarantee consumers fair use of the movies they've bought, including backing up expensive copies of children's movies in case the originals get scratched. In both appeals, which include requests that the court rulings be stayed, 321 argues that the DMCA is unconstitutional and illegally extends copyright protections. The company also insists that the New York injunction is inconsistent with a federal court ruling that found the DCMA did not forbid the sale of a universal garage-door-opener remote control though it bypassed encryption. In that case, 321 said, a judge "upheld the garage owner's right to open his own garage door, and 321 similarly argues that lawful purchasers of DVDs have the inherent right to unlock their DVD's encryption to access the DVD's contents." |
321 states that the destruction of the software that contains the protection bypass ability will cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is on top of what they have spent in legal battles so far.
Source: Yahoo!
