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What does U.S. court orders seizure of DVDFab domains, funds and facebook account mean to the company? - Rheinhardt - 04-08-2014 06:33 PM
An anonymous reader writes "A New York federal court has granted the seizure of several domain names, bank funds and social media accounts belonging to DVD ripping software company DVDFab. Judge Broderick ruled in favor of AACS, the licensing outfit founder by Warner Bros, Disney, Microsoft, Intel and others." So will DVDfab disappear from the internet from then on due to this suddently incident??
- Jim - 04-08-2014 06:39 PM
There will always be DVD ripping software avalable. It's not illegal to rip a DVD you own, so I suspect DVDFab will eventually win any action against it.
- Dominic - 04-08-2014 06:45 PM
I'm sure DVDFab or something like it will always exist in one form or another. It's not illegal to rip a disc that doesn't have copy protection. It's a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to rip a disc that has any form of copy protection. But it's not like they really care what you do at home for your personal use.
– Dominic
- David - 04-08-2014 06:51 PM
From what I understand, they are not an American company. So instead of dvdfab.com they will probably come back as dvdfab.cn or something, unless enough of their bank accounts were seized that they go under.
By the way, it's ridiculous that DVD ripping software is illegal in this country. There are legitimate uses for such software, like making backups or ripping clips covered under fair use.