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http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/business/8928832.htm

Three makers of video games sued a Missouri company marketing software that enables consumers to make backup copies of computer games.

The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New York, alleges that Games X Copy software by 321 Studios Inc. of suburban St. Louis violates copyright laws by illegally cracking copy-protection systems used by game makers.

Tuesday's lawsuit - filed by Atari Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Vivendi Universal Games Inc. - also accuses 321 of violating the copyright law by circumventing technological protections used by entertainment software publishers to prevent piracy.

Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association trade group, said the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

 

[cvxfreak]

Ho boy. Piracy sucks.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Hmmm...I always wondered about that Games Copy X software being sold so heavily at Fry's. Weird that they'd put this out with the risk of death by litigation.