321 Studios' (321) 5 Days of Protest has generated
111,117 messages about the fair use fight to Hollywood studio executives,
Congress, and the media.
321 launched the protest after a February 20th
injunction against the 'ripper" portion of the DVDXCOPY series of
products handed down by a Northern California District Court judge.
Commonly called a ripper, the injunction deemed illegal a DVD movie encryption
descrambling device that allowed 321 customers to make backup copies of DVD
movies they own. Sixty percent of 321 Studios' customers are parents who
use DVDXCOPY to back up their children's movie collections.
'The 5 Days of Protest was a tremendous success,"
said Robert Moore, 321 Studios' Founder and President. 'There is no way
that the Studios can deny that our mutual customers are behind 321 Studios on
this issue. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have made their voices
heard '“ they want their fair use rights!"
The final tally shows that supporters of fair use
sent 62,138 messages to Hollywood studio executives; 30,590 messages to Congress
and the White House; and 18,389 letters to newspaper editors and other
media.
551 people have already signed up for the first of
three Digital Rights Meetups. Meetups are real-world, face-to-face
get-togethers that can take place in thousands of cities in 51 countries at
cafes, restaurants, bookstores, and other local establishments, facilitated by
the grassroots phenomenon Meetup.com. Meetups are already scheduled for
March 18 in St. Louis; New York City; Tokyo, Japan; Santa Clara County,
California; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego; Las Vegas; Washington, D.C.; Chicago;
West Palm Beach, Florida; Houston; Dallas; Louisville, Kentucky; Denver; Dade
County, Florida; Milwaukee; and Alameda County, California. Visit
http://digitalrights.meetup.com to
register and learn more.
About 321 Studios
321 Studios provides software tools to help
consumers protect their investment in digital media, and is the leading provider
of DVD backup, recovery, and creation software. Founded in 2001, 321
Studios' premier DVD backup title, DVDXCOPY PLATINUM, is one of PC Magazine's
'Best Products of 2003'. The company is privately headquartered in St.
Louis, Missouri, with distributors and sales offices throughout Asia-Pacific,
Europe, and the United States. For more information, please visit
www.321studios.com.
Source: DVDxCopy
