DVD Copier Ridden Off The Market
A DVD copier is copy software that allows a computer user to make a copy of a DVD movie to a blank DVD without affecting its visual and audio quality. With just a click of one’s finger, a copy of any movie or home video can be obtained within twenty to sixty minutes. Just this easy, millions of copies of commercial movies and other entertainment shows can be distributed to more and more people worldwide.
Most commercial movies are equipped with the Content Scrambling System (CSS) copyright protection technology that prevents them from being reproduced. However, a DVD copier named DVD X Copy that contained a software program that breaks through the CSS copy protection scheme was made available to the market. The DVD X Copy product line enabled its user to copy any DVD movie within thirty minutes and became hugely popular in North America and in other parts of the world. This software program had been the subject of several legal battles between its manufacturer and several Hollywood studios with the latter claiming that this DVD copying tool violated copyright protection. 321 studios, the company that marketed the DVD copier contended that such product protected consumer rights as stipulated in the Fair Use doctrine of the Copyright Act of 1976. According to this law, individuals have limited rights to make copies of a legally purchased copyrighted material. On the other hand, motion film groups, as well as the DVD Copyright Control Association (DVD CCA), an organization that aims to fight DVD piracy, contended that the availability of any DVD copier in the market that undermined set copyright protection systems is a flagrant violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Eventually, US Federal courts had ordered the company to pull its DVD copier out of all their retail channels and website. However, some versions of this software are still being widely sold through peer networks and online.
Despite the many copyright protection schemes that are in place and the legal victories achieved by entertainment industry movers, there are several alternatives in making single or multiple copies of existing DVDs. From a simple DVD recorder to a special DVD duplicating system that can produce large-scale copies, all these methods are available to any user. A DVD-Video (DVD-V), an application format originally meant to comply with the requirements of the motion picture industry, can be written or copied using material from digital or analog sources. Popularly, the most convenient way of making such copies is to copy it using a computer equipped with a DVD recorder with basic writing software package.
It is always necessary to keep in mind that obtaining a copy of a commercial DVD may not be allowed depending on the country where one resides in and the purpose for reproducing it. A DVD copier may also be used to make copies of one’s own home videos, create software copies within a multi-departmental corporation, and produce backup copies for temporary storage or any other purpose within the bounds of law.
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