Getting Around Copy Controls.

BLING Software (Company) ; ME Too Software (Company)

This article reveals that some major retailers in the U.S. continue to sell applications with tips for copying protected DVDs despite laws making it illegal to circumvent antipiracy technology as of May 2005. These retailers include Best Buy, CompUSA and Target. Out of the box, Bling Software's 123 Copy DVD and Me Too Software's ICopyDVDs2 Standard do not allow users to duplicate copy-protected DVDs. But both products provide instructions on how to obtain free add-ons to bypass copy restrictions. In 2004, a judge banned 321 Studios' DVD X Copy, which could create duplicates of commercial DVD movies, saying it violated the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act's ban on information or tools to bypass copy-control technology (including the Contents Scramble System that is used in DVD media). When you try to copy a protected DVD using ICopyDVDs2 or 123 Copy DVD, you get a message warning that doing so is illegal in the U.S. But ICopyDVDs2 then explains how non-U.S. users can find and download an add-on for copying CSS-protected DVDs. Similarly, 123 Copy DVD offers a link to booyakasha.biz, a site where you can download a similar add-on. Internet domain registration records showed that booyakasha.biz was registered to Bling Software at an address in Gibraltar.