Dear 321 Studios Customers & Friends,
As many of you may have already heard, Judge Illston of the Northern District of California Court ruled against us last Friday and in favor of the movie studios. This is the first major decision in the six lawsuits in which we are now involved.
Her ruling included an injunction preventing us from continuing to sell the current version of our popular DVDXCOPY software if it included a ripper. This injunction takes effect 7 days from her order. While we do not agree with the rationale behind the decision, we intend to fully comply with the order and, at the same time, file an appeal and ask her to stay the injunction pending the appeal.
This decision is unfortunate news for us. However, we expected the fight for fair use rights to be a long one when we initiated it almost two years ago. We also expected to face great opposition and to take some hits along the way. Well, we are still here and are not going out of business. Starting next week, we'll sell ripper-free versions of DVDXCOPY as well as all our other popular titles including DVDXSHOW, DVDXMAKER and DVDXPOINT.
If you'd like to read Judge Illston's decision or articles written about us, please go to our web site at
http://www.321studios.com. If you'd like to offer your support, please visit
http://www.protectfairuse.org. Meanwhile, we are making every effort to continue to support you and your 321 products.
Please share this news with your friends and family. We can use all the support we can get to continue fighting for everyone's fair use rights in today's digital world.
Thank you for your ongoing support,
Sincerely,
The 321 Studios Team.
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