DVDXCOPY contains remote de-activation feature

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 22:58:21 -0500
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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Subject: DVDXCOPY contains remote de-activation feature

321 Studios Shuts Down Piracy Suspect

5 February 2004, 08:02am ET

Preliminary Injunction and Transfer Motions to be Heard in New York City Court
                                     Today

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- 321 Studios (321) declares that its
piracy prevention measures are working on the day transfer and
preliminary injunction motions are to be heard in a New York City
courtroom.

321 Studios recently relied on DVDXCOPY's built-in piracy prevention
measures - the backup copy video disclaimer and ability to remotely
de- activate a customer's copy of DVDXCOPY - to shut down an accused
copyright pirate.

321 first heard of this Illinois man's alleged activities in court
papers related to Paramount Pictures Corporation and Twentieth
Century Fox Film Corporation v. 321 Studios, a lawsuit filed in the
Southern District Court of New York on November 14, 2003. The company
took action the same day by remotely de-activating the man's copy of
DVDXCOPY XPRESS.

321 Studios has several anti-piracy measures built into its DVDXCOPY
series of software, including:


     -- An eight-second, indelible video warning, similar to the FBI warning
        found at the beginning of many DVD movies, alerting viewers of the
        backup copy that the DVD is not an original and is to be only used for
        non-commercial, personal use.

     -- An electronic watermark that can trace any backup copy made with
        DVDXCOPY back to the original point of purchase allowing 321 
Studios to
        remotely de-activate the software and prevent further misuse.

     -- An embedded bit flag that prevents making a copy of a copy using
        DVDXCOPY.

     -- A $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction
        of any person using 321's software to pirate movies.

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http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200402051302_PRN__CGTH019

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