MPAA Sues Firm That Rips CDs, DVDs to Portable Media PlayersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 6:09pm.
San Francisco - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sued Load 'N Go, a retailer of portable media players that offers to transfer users' CDs and DVDs to the devices, on copyright-related charges, CNET News.com reported.
"This company is in the business of offering unlawful copies of DVDs," MPAA spokeswoman Kori Bernards told News.com. "It makes unauthorized copies of movies and TV shows from encrypted DVDs and copies them on to portable video players." The website of Boston-based Load 'N Go has been replaced with a note that says, "We Will Be Back Shortly!" and an e-mail contact address. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties group, told News.com the MPAA lawsuit is an attempt to make consumers pay multiple times for the same content. "They are in fact trying to take away your fair use rights and sell them back to you later," EFF senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann told News.com. Related Links: http://tinyurl.com/y8kv57 (CNET) http://www.loadngovideo.com tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Tech | CE | Movies | DVD | MPAA | Copyright | Fair Use | CD | PMP | EFF | Load 'N Go |
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