Judge Broderick's court order was far from a routine preliminary injunction. To stop DVDFab's software sales, AACS sued the company in the Southern District of New York court, then filed a motion for preliminary junction against the company to stop sales immediately. Adding to its legal woes, DVDFab failed to appear in court for the hearing on the preliminary injunction.
By purchasing these tools, users can crack many of Hollywood's digital rights management (DRM) protections, from AACS's to Blu-Ray's copyright encryption, which is illegal under US law.
DVDFab, based in China, chose not to respond to the lawsuit filed by AACS (Advanced Access Content System, a digital rights consortium that includes Warner Brothers, Intel, Disney, and others) which factored into Broderick's decision.Īs explained by Torrent Freak, Chinese-based DVDFab sells its Digital Millennium Copyright Act-circumventing software through various domains and affiliates. On March 4th, Judge Vernon Broderick, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, ordered the seizure of DVD-ripping software company DVDFab's domains and funds.
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