Macrovision won temporary injunction in Germany against device so...
Macrovision won temporary injunction in Germany against device sold there to circumvent company’s video copy protection. Macrovision said injunction was obtained without oral hearing in Frankfurt Dist. Court on basis of newly enacted German Copyright Directive that prohibits copy…
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protection circumvention devices in that country. Action was taken against Frankfurt outlet of retailer Media Markt TV-Hifi-Elektro, and temporary injunction prohibits sale of Macro 2000 copy protection circumvention device that strips off copy protection from protected DVDs and allows perfect video copies to be made from such content, Macrovision said. Legal action against copy-protection hacking could presage more to come from Macrovision, we're told. Company said Tues. that it was pleased with court’s preliminary ruling, that it wouldn’t tolerate circumvention of its technology and that it would prosecute violators in European countries that had implemented Copyright Directive. Company said it was noteworthy that court granted decision to Macrovision as owner of circumvented copy protection technology. In past, suits for copyright infringement had to be filed by content owners, but new law lets companies such as Macrovision take action in their own right against “sale, distribution and possession for commercial purposes of circumvention devices.”