Movie Industry Sues More DVD Chip Makers
Found on Reuters on Tuesday, 24 August 2004
The representative for Hollywood's major movie studios on Monday said its members have sued two microchip makers, alleging they sold their products to makers of equipment that can be used to illegally copy DVDs.
The MPAA said the suits against Sigma Designs Inc. (SIGM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and MediaTek Inc. (2454.TW: Quote, Profile, Research) followed testing that it said proved the two were selling microchips to companies, whose DVD players lack what the MPAA called "appropriate security features."
The CSS license pact has aided the success of DVDs because it has provided protection against illegal copying to copyright owners of movies, television shows and other content sold on DVD.
It's getting ridiculous. At first they tried to sue users and failed; then they tried to sue P2P companies and failed. Now they sue hardware manufactures and ... Besides, there's no movie which is available on DVD only. So much for "appropriate security features".