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321 Studios shuts down
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article published on 2 August, 2004
321 Studios, the makers of the well known X Copy backup and authoring solutions has shut down its operations.
The company, which was the first to offer software for backing up DVDs, was the target of the movie industry from day one. After fighting, and losing, several lawsuits the company eventually ran out of resources and was forced to cease its operations.
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2. August 2004 @ 12:07 |
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They provided a (now worthless, i will admit) easy to use one-click operation that was truly (for its time) worth paying for (i will admit), even though there are better free copiers (Shrink) i wish the owner of 321 studios a good future to come, sense the lawsuits where only pointed at them
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ispy
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2. August 2004 @ 12:36 |
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ispy,
I feel that 321 Studios have been made scapegoats by the movie industry "men in suits",lets all just hope its not just the start of a witch hunt against similiar products or worse still their users as in some P2P cases.:o(
ispy
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frr00m
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2. August 2004 @ 12:37 |
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As a user of 321 products i feel very sad for for all the good work you guys and gals tried to do for us all the best in your new venture i will be behind you 100%
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smsmike
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2. August 2004 @ 12:48 |
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Since we no longer have a contact of any kind at 321, how do we go about activating the software we currently own if we move it to another computer? I have the "Perfectly Legal" programs DVD Xmaker and Xshow as well as Xcopy. They ALL require activation codes.
Anyone know how to activate the products off line?
- Mike -
I stopped counting when I reached 60!
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dlc2000
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2. August 2004 @ 13:19 |
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www.nycsoftware.com is taking care of activations from here on out as far as i know , also the software can be downloaded there , hope this answers your question
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andmerr
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2. August 2004 @ 14:02 |
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well now that 321 is out of the picture who do you think they will go after next?
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billsissy
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2. August 2004 @ 15:16 |
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Oh, so sad... Another great one bites the dust... They had a great program, thats why I bought it... And still use it all the time... Yes, there is other programs out there and at one time or another have used most of them... But I bought 321... Wishing the owners of the previous 321 the best of luck on their next software venture, until they P*SS OFF the powers to be...
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Toiletman
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2. August 2004 @ 16:22 |
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This had to happen sooner or later, given the amount of lawsuits that was slapped on 321. I wish you guys the best of luck in whatever you pursue.
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2. August 2004 @ 19:06 |
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hehehehe... im happy they got shut down ^_^....
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2. August 2004 @ 20:00 |
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They give me the best service when I need them. Hope they best of luck on the new prgram. The people will find the way to do what want to do... We all know that.
TK
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2. August 2004 @ 21:52 |
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prowler19
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2. August 2004 @ 22:26 |
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It is sad considering I can walk into my local Walmart right now and purchase a dvd ripping software program for under $10, I think it might even be just under $5. The name on the package is DVD Ripper even!!!
Sure it says Not Intended For Illegal Use, but I mean WALMART is selling this!!!
I guess those morals just keep going down at the big blue, plus the fact they have a whole Fort Knox full of cash.
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landesman
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3. August 2004 @ 00:21 |
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Captfig here,I am discusted with the HIPPOCRITICAL US gov regarding the copying of personal DVD's for personal use.
The world has Spy cameras,Video survailance,GPS,Audio monitoring(YES! YOUR PHONE CALLS<98% of them), Video recorders,Tape recorders,CD recorders and now DVD recorders,DVD/CD Burners, All this hardware is available to the public (legally),But you don't see the big ass movie companies taking on the likes of sony,pioneer,toshiba,lg,liteon,mitsubishi and so on and so on,Because these useless lard enhanced assholes (the movie companies) don't have the guts, because of the millions/billions of dollars that they poor into the movie industry.But they have to go and fuck! and screw! the only company that made an actual product that can backup/copy your own personal DVD's from your computer.
It pisses me off!!!!!!!!, as you can gather and i wonder what the fat turds are going to do when HD DVD/Dual layer/ software comes out.
Are they going to shut down one more good business,costing the US idiots millions in legal costs or are they going to come to their moronic scences and work with these people.Just look at Mr Gates,If you find someone who can stuff your system/business you should emply them.
Just remember you Hollywood idiots,Keep your friends close,but keep your enemies closer.
Your day will come and eventually you will be dead and life will go on.
VIVA LA FREEDOM.
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3. August 2004 @ 05:53 |
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POLOTICS! my friends, polotics. Where theres money their lawsuits. Governments give you the product then take it away.
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hijacker
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3. August 2004 @ 10:55 |
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POLO TICS?? what?? ummm....ok, anyhow I just wanted to buy games x copy and now I can't.I guess I'll just burn with shrink and alcohol 120%.I just don't understand they made sure that their software was legal and now the courts say they must stop business.I glad I got my x copy even though it won't work on my older computer I don't know if it is because it's fat32 and not NTFS for the file system.But I hope it works for the next computer.I think that Robert Moore is an honest businessman but I think that he was just a prime target.
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xgin11
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3. August 2004 @ 12:45 |
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If I reformat my computer, will I be able to activate my software again?
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buzzoon
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3. August 2004 @ 14:35 |
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Mr. Moore's company and product probably would have survived if he wasn't such a "fair rights" grandstander. When you rub it into the face of a huge organization like the MPAA, you have to expect to get hammered back.
It's got nothing to do with politics ...
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WARNE
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3. August 2004 @ 19:02 |
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Five words ... Only the good die young
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3. August 2004 @ 20:07 |
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I was being 'SARCASTIC' with politics thing. Next time I'll send a memo >:S
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3. August 2004 @ 20:53 |
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I remember them saying that if this day comes; they will give everyone access to an FTP site with free downloads of all their products, well?
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landesman
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4. August 2004 @ 00:20 |
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Sorry all, for get a little p!!!!!!! off about the US Gov Law Idiots and the movie Mongrels(sorry!mogels).But having bought Express and then Platinum legally in Aus, I was annoyed to find that 321 had to send their last update world wide(platinum)without there being any legal precedance in australia for the US Govs courts findings, or the rest of the world for that fact. Does the US Gov think it has some sort of legal monopoly "World wide"!!!!.
Just remember you Legal morons and Movie As@#%%((&* your day will come. What goes around, Comes around.
And just remember your history and look at how many hollywood studio,s have gone down the tube over the years.Your day will come.
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andmerr
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4. August 2004 @ 00:42 |
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the us gov. is flexing its mulsce s and with a lapdog like howard i wonder is the worst still to come!!!!
free trade agreement whoopi!!!!!!!!
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hijacker
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4. August 2004 @ 06:35 |
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321 Studios got the final blow from these pricks.What a bunch of assholes.321 studios had some awesome software that I thought I would never see in my time,oh well it just takes some game industry and mpaa to screw things up.It's just like afonic said , "It's fucking unbelievable" and I can't agree anymore with that statement.I just pisses me off to no extent.If someone pirates some games now from these company's I'm going to just laugh my ass off because this is so unfair to this company to get screwed they way they did.What about alcohol 120% and 123 studios some other wannabe dvd software.What make them any different.
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buzzoon
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4. August 2004 @ 07:51 |
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I am honestly hoping that you guys aren't serious! Moore was fully aware of the DMCA but violated it anyway, and he gave the MPAA the finger while doing it. He baited them to come after him and he and his company got exactly what they deserved.
The ones who got screwed are you and I and others who purchased his product in good faith, hoping that we could use it as long as we owned it.
You can't honestly believe that his efforts had anything to do with "fair rights". Ask him to share some of the money he made with this venture and see how friendly he is :)
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thejake
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4. August 2004 @ 09:32 |
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Well, at least you can still buy it -somewhere-
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