On 20th of February, a federal court judge ruled that 321 Studios have to remove the CSS decrypting functionality from their DVD X Copy products by the 27th of February, 2004.
So if you haven't got your copy yet, but plan to purchase it, you're in quite a hurry. You can purchase DVD X Copy and other 321 Studios' products directly from their website.
321 Studios also encourages that all existing users should upgrade their products to the latest version, because after midnight tonight (Central time) all upgrades will also lack the ripping functionality. Upgrades are also available at www.DVDXCopy.com.
To use ripper-free versions of DVD X Copy for backing up copy-protected movies, users need to use a separate program. Luckily such a piece of software is already available -- a freeware program called DVD43, which is available for download at:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd43.cfm






