Judge: DVD-copying software is illegal

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Posted on Saturday 21st of February, 2004 at 15:27 by SirQUK
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News released today on CNet news informs us that the major player in the DVD software backup market, 321Studios have been told their software is illegal and must be removed from the shelves within 7 days.

"In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan Illston granted Hollywood studios' request for an injunction against 321 Studios, saying the small software company has seven days to stop distributing its DVD-copying products.

A federal judge in San Francisco rules that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal.

321 has seven days to pull its products, but the impact goes beyond that company. The judge wrote that federal law made it illegal to sell products that break through DVDs' antipiracy technology, even if consumers have a legal right to make personal copies of their movies."

You can catch the full news release over at CNet News.

It seems like the big companies like 321 Studios may have to take a different route to help you achieve a quality backup, such as releasing version that do not break Anti Piracy protections, and the user will have to more heavily rely on software like ANYDVD from SlySoft or the free DVD43, to bypass these protections. Either way, we still believe you have the right to make a personnal backup of a product you own, especially as Major DVDR manufacturers recommend replacing your media every 10 years max ( and this is for the best quality media too ).

If you are looking for an alternative for your dvd backup needs, we suggest using the great1ClickDVDCopy, which we have a review of Here, and which comes with a special offer of copytodvd as a bonus.

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