BackupHDDVD DMCA Notice Clarified
03/13/2007 11:23 News
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BackupHDDVD has caused a tremendous stir in Hollywood. BackupHDDVD, created by Muslix64, is a repeat of optical disk history, as it conjures memories of DeCSS. DeCSS is the circumvention tool created partly by Jon Lech Johansen, which defeated the Digital Rights Management on DVDs.

Since HD DVD's protection is not being decrypted, there's been some debate whether simply re-implementing AACS in an alternative manner, as outlined in the AACS guide, is a violation of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). Nevertheless, it was reported last week that SourceForge.net, who hosted the open source program, removed it per a DMCA notice.

There are some interesting pieces of information stemming from this news that were a bit unclear. It's been mistakenly reported that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) was the organization that sent the notice. However, this is not the case. Instead, it was the AACS LA organization. Additionally, since SourceForge.net is considered an ISP under the DMCA, they are protected by the safe harbor provisions and are only required to remove the allegedly infringing material.

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