Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
News After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released on Friday, Judge Susan Illston granted Hollywood studios' request for an...
[February 23, 2004, 7:50]
Game-copying software under fire
News A group of major video game companies has sued 321 Studios -- the company best known for its now-banned DVD-copying software -- charging that its new video-game copying software is also illegal. Atari, Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games...
[June 16, 2004, 9:35]
DVD copier driven out of business
News DVD copying software maker 321 Studios has closed its doors, driven out of business by a succession of court decisions that said its most popular product was illegal to distribute. Despite 321 Studios' best efforts to remain in business...
[August 4, 2004, 12:10]
DVD copier faces another lawsuit
News The DVD Copy Control Association, a Hollywood-backed technology group, filed a lawsuit against software company 321 Studios on Friday for allegedly infringing patent rights on its DVD copy protection.
[February 16, 2004, 10:40]
DVD-copying case heads for court
News The latest major clash between technology and copyright owners heads to US federal court on Thursday, where software start-up 321 Studios hopes to win a reprieve from a legal attack by film companies on its DVD-copying software.
[May 15, 2003, 8:01]
US judge weighs DVD copying arguments
News A copyright holder has no right to prevent someone from engaging in fair use," Durie said, noting that the studios' position would prevent students from excerpting film clips for school projects or parents making backups of their work.
[May 16, 2003, 7:47]
Movie studios sue DVD software firms
News Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox sued a handful of small software companies on Wednesday, alleging that their distribution of DVD-copying software violates copyright law. The studios filed suit against Tritton Technologies...
[September 18, 2003, 9:55]
Spammers tout banned DVD technology
News It's been just a few days since start-up 321 Studios reluctantly complied with a court's order to remove the "ripping" feature, which allowed computer users to make copies of Hollywood studio films, from its popular line of software.
[March 2, 2004, 8:15]
Hollywood targets DVD-copying upstart
News On Thursday, seven major movie studios filed a countersuit in federal court in San Francisco, claiming that 321 Studios is violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by selling its DVD Copy Plus and DVD-Xcopy programs.
[December 23, 2002, 8:51]
UK developer quits DVD decrypting
News The developer went on to say: "If 321 Studios can't do it with millions, what chance do I have with £50? The UK-based developer of DVD Decrypter, one of the most popular tools on the Internet for decrypting DVDs, has quit under duress from an...
[June 6, 2005, 18:05]
US court: Reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal'
News The motion picture industry won a key decision last week against DVD-copying software maker 321 Studios, with a federal judge in San Jose, California, ordering the company to pull its products from stores.
[March 1, 2004, 10:40]
InterVideo DVD Copy review
Reviews It performed a 1:1 (uncompressed) copy of that same disc to two pieces of DVD media in less than 27 minutes, compared to slightly more than 50 minutes for 321 Studios' DVD X Copy. Making personal backups of DVDs is a highly controversial topic that...
[September 22, 2003, 12:20]
