FC: Another DMCA suit: DVD-copying firm sues for right to sell product

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 21:32:06 PDT

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    Press release:
    http://www.321studios.com/PR_complaint.htm
    Complaint:
    http://www.321studios.com/complaint.pdf
    Slashdot thread:
    http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/23/1944249.shtml?tid=123
    Here's an article:
    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-889455.html
    
    The suit was filed by Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, a law firm that is 
    representing Elcomsoft in the Sklyarov DMCA case. 
    (http://www.kvn.com/art12.html)
    
    Excerpts from complaint:
    
    >Plaintiff 321 Studios seeks declaratory judgment from this Court stating 
    >that its activities in distributing DVD Copy Plus do not violate the 
    >provisions of the DMCA or, in the alternative, that these provisions are 
    >invalid in light of other copyright law provisions, the distribution of 
    >DVD Copy Plus falls within the Fair Use exception to these provisions, 
    >these provisions are invalid because Congress exceeded its enumerated 
    >powers under Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution, these 
    >provisions are unconstitutionally vague, or these provisions violate First 
    >Amendment of the Constitution.
    >
    >Plaintiff 321 Studios seeks declaratory judgment from this Court stating 
    >that its activities in distributing DVD Copy Plus do not violate the 
    >provisions of United States Copyright Act on the grounds that DVD Copy 
    >Plus has substantial non- infringing uses and/or that the use of DVD Copy 
    >Plus constitutes Fair Use, or that the provisions of the Copyright Act, if 
    >interpreted to bar the distribution of DVD Copy Plus, violate the First 
    >Amendment of the Constitution.
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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