Home Movie Server Technology Facing Legal Challenge
Kaleidescape, a US high tech firm which manufactures home movie servers, has
found itself facing a legal challenge launched against it by the DVD Copy Control
Association, according to reports. The high capacity systems allow users to upload as many as 500 DVDs to a home
server and browse through them at at a later date without making use of the
actual DVDs. If a network is established within the system user's home, up to
7 films can be accessed from different places in the house. However, the DVD CCA has taken issue with the fact that the system requires
the circumvention of Content Scramble System (CSS) protections. "The express intent and purpose of the contract and CSS are to prevent
copying of copyrighted materials such as DVD motion pictures," the Association's
attorney, Bill Coats announced in a statement. He continued: "While Kaleidescape obtained a license to use CSS, the company has built
a system to do precisely what the license and CSS are designed to prevent -
the wholesale copying of protected DVDs." The company, meanwhile, has expressed surprise at the legal action, and has
vowed to countersue the DVD CCA. "We are flabberghasted by this lawsuit," CEO Michael Malcolm told
the ZD Net news service, explaining that: "We have gone to great pains to make our system comply 100% with licences
and all the associated technical procedures and requirements." .
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