ĪACS sought a preliminary injunction against DVDFab, who chose not to respond to the lawsuit (understandable, seeing as it’s based halfway around the world). With DVD software, they make it “illegal” by placing (weak) DRM on the DVDs, and then claim that any attempt to get around that violates the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA. While it’s generally accepted (even by the recording industry) that ripping music CDs is legitimate, for whatever reason, Hollywood has fought exceptionally hard against the idea that movies should ever be rippable. DVD ripping is a somewhat contentious topic. Who needs SOPA when US judges seem willing to pretend the law already lets them do what SOPA would have created? AACS, the licensing organization that handles the basic encryption used on DVDs, sued one of many DVD ripping software companies, DVDFab (which is based in China). Tue, Mar 11th 2014 10:21am - Mike Masnick
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