Mountain View, Calif. - Kaleidescape, the maker of a home entertainment server, announced on Friday that it has won a court victory over the DVD Copy Control Association, in a case that focused on the ability of the device to make copies of DVDs for storage and personal use.

After a seven-day trial, Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Leslie C. Nichols found that Kaleidescape's device was in compliance with the DVD Copy Control Association's license of the Content Scramble System (CSS) used to encrypt DVDs.

The device circumvents this encryption to copy a film to its hard drive, but this copy is then also secured with copy-protection technology. The judge said in his ruling that the company made "good faith" efforts to ensure its products were fully compliant.

"Kaleidescape has been operating in the shadow of the DVD CCA's allegations for over three years," said Michael Malcolm, Kaleidescape's founder, chairman and CEO.

"We are gratified that after hearing all of the evidence, the Judge has completely vindicated our position."

The DVD Copy Control Association has not yet said whether it will appeal the ruling.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Kaleidescape's high-end home server sells for about $10,000.

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