Macrovision sues 321 Studios

you have to wonder what makes these rich bastards think they can first sell you a product, then tell you what you can or cannot do with it and then even sue you if you dare to protect YOUR investment? If they want to make their customers into outlaws, that's exactly what's going to happen. For every measure, there will always be a countermeasure and the MPAA will simply drive honest people underground but copying will be with us for a long, long time to come..Maybe Mr. Sony and Mr. BMG will have to get buy with one less island since we all know its not the musicians getting the lion's share of the profits. I wonder how many musicians would go the direct distribution route if they could?

This is utter bull----. I wonder _why_ they're singling out 321? Because of their high profile? Because of 321's burgeoning success? Why aren't they suing the other xx software products out there doing exactly the same thing???? This lawsuit, if eventually successful will not change a thing. There is SO much software out there _already_ that gives anybody, anywhere, anytime, the concrete ability to knock the macrovision flags out of dvd backups from now until eternity, and no amount of suing is going to alter that fact. If worst came to absolute worst, 321's backup products (as well as everyone's else's) could be modified to allow the macrovision "trigger bits" to go through unmodified, and although this might prevent vhs copies of dvd backups, what's the point? I, along with millions of others already HAVE macrovision-busting software. Who is going to take what's already out there away from us???? Further, VHS as a format is fading. I don't really _care_ if my dvdbackups contain those stooopid bits because I watch my backups directly. Macrovision: A desperate technology clutching at desperate straws.

Baseball is dead. Litigation is Americas new favorite pastime. I think it would be easier to post news about who's NOT suing somebody.

Oh yes, suing everyone is high on the list. But don't forget about 'amalgamation'. (Otherwise known as hostile buyouts to you 'n me). Every major company will be buying out every other slightly-weaker major company, until there are very few independent entrenpreners left, and everything will be owned/controlled by international conglomerates. Every second employee will be a trained attorney.