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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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