December 20, 2002 Judge Asked to Bar DVD Software Studios want permanent injunction against programs that allow motion pictures to be duplicated.
By Jon Healey, Times Staff Writer Seven Hollywood studios have raised the stakes in their courtroom battle with 321 Studios, a software developer that makes two programs for duplicating DVD movies. On Thursday, the studios asked U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in Oakland to permanently forbid 321 Studios and its executives from making or selling the two programs DVD Copy Plus and DVDXCopy or any similar product that circumvents the electronic locks on DVDs. They also asked to be awarded all of the start-up company's profit and its entire inventory of the two programs. <snip> <boggle> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dvdcopy20dec20,0,6983526.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dtodays%2Dtimes -- "Intended only for lawful uses." -HP Computer Advert
