Legal Opinion
DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. v. Kaleidescape, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 12, 2009No. H031631PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, J.
The Content Scramble System (CSS) is the standard technology used to prevent unauthorized copying of movies and other copyrighted content stored on DVD’s. Defendant Kaleidescape, Inc. (Kaleidescape), licensed CSS from plaintiff DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. (DVDCCA), in order to develop a home entertainment system for viewing movies distributed on DVD.1 The system Kaleidescape developed is capable of storing and organizing content from thousands of DVD’s. Once stored in the Kaleidescape system, the DVD content may be played back at any time, without the need to reinsert…
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