Petteri Pyyny
16 Feb 2004 14:57
Australian IT retailer Conexus has been forced by the country's anti-piracy organization, Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT, an ally of American MPAA), to pull off the shelves a DVD backup product DVD X Copy.
"The letter advised Conexus that, according to AFACT’s interpretation, the product was infringing Australian copyright law," a spokesperson for the company said. "They were told that legal action would follow if they continued to distribute it."
Product, which is developed by American 321 Studios, has sparked already six lawsuits against its developers -- four in States and two in the UK.
After the note from AFACT, Conexus pulled the product and contacted 321 Studios, who replaced the software with a version that ships without an internal DVD ripper. Buyers of the ripper-free version can make the software work exactly like the original that came with the ripper by installing some of the freeware DVD ripping tools that integrate with the Windows, such as DVD43.
Source: ARNnet