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US Fed Court Seizes Domains and Funds of DVDFab

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday March 11 2014, @01:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the whack-a-mole dept.

Fluffeh writes:

"Judge Broderick of New York federal court ruled in favor of AACS, the licensing outfit founded by Warner Bros, Disney, Microsoft, Intel and others and has granted the seizure of several domain names, servers, bank funds and social media accounts belonging to Chinese DVD ripping software company DVDFab. Adding to DVDFab's troubles, Judge Broderick also ordered several banks and payment providers to freeze or stop processing the company's funds. This includes PayPal, Amazon Payments, Visa and MasterCard.

Under U.S. law it's forbidden to distribute software with the primary intention of circumventing copyright protection. In its complaint, AACS accuses the 'DVDFab Group' of violating the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause by selling tools that can bypass their DVD encryption.

As one might expect, a new mirror is already up and running."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Taco Cowboy on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:07AM

    by Taco Cowboy (3489) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:07AM (#14966)

    As I said, the laws are stupid.

    There are carrots and then there are sticks, and 99% of the laws on the books are sticks, just like the ones that you have mentioned.

    Laws against stealing ? Of course, if you steal, we gonna punish you. It's a stick.

    Laws against murder ? Well ? Care to define what "murder" is ? How about abortion, late 3rd trimester abortion ? Why isn't that "murder" ?

    See the stupidity of the laws now ??

  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:27AM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:27AM (#14971) Homepage Journal

    Laws are written by elected legislators. If you don't like a law, lobby to change it.

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    mcgrewbooks.com mcgrew.info nooze.org

    • (Score: 1) by Reziac on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:47AM

      by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday March 12 2014, @01:47AM (#14979) Homepage

      I think you misspelled "pay to change it". :(

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      And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.