![]() ![]() So if Macrovision can’t stop the bad guys, just what exactly is their purpose in life?įor the Average Joes, it’s not like its easy to rip a DVD. It’s been easy for these bad guys and girls to crack the Macrovision code and make the content available in any number of file formats. The software is readily available for those crooks.įor the folks who want to upload DVDs illegally for distribution on P2P sites, once again the cat is out of the bag and has been for years. It’s not like they can stop ripoff shops that illegally rip DVDs, and manufacture counterfeit DVDs and sell them on the streets around the world. If that’s the case, why in the world are DVD publishers paying Macrovision any money at all? It sucks.We can’t stop a bunch of little companies from writing software that completely busts our copy protection that we are selling for millions of dollars to publishers.” Now maybe I’m reading this wrong, but the way I understand it, the CEO of MacroVision, a company that sells copy protection software to DVD publishers, is sending out a press release saying… Which got me completely confused on several fronts.Īccording to MacroVision CEO Bill Krepick, “Sima and Interburn infringe Macrovision’s intellectual property by offering products that enable users to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted content by illegally removing our copy protection system.” The lawsuit charges that Sima’s “Video Enhancers,” which are principally used to allow consumers to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted DVDs, infringe Macrovision’s patented copy protection technology and also violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN – News) announced today that it has filed suit against Sima Products Corporation (“Sima”) and Interburn Enterprises Inc. Macrovision Files Lawsuit Against Sima and Interburn’s DVD Copying Products ![]() So I’m catching up on my tech news and I come across this headline… ![]()
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