Translated from German;



Complaint against video copy protection killers failed

The ViTec audio video GmbH communicated that she could successfully repel since March 1999 the pending complaint of the macro vision corporation the USA because of alleged patent law injury now. Trips of the law case were the video copy protection killers "ViTector special" and/or "CoPy Joker" offered at that time by ViTec. They could out-lever the similar copy protection macro vision, by auxiliary impulses in the blanking gaps the synchronisation and level mechanism of most video recorders confused and thus for example copying DVDs on video cassette prevented.
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In view of the very complex and technically difficult subject and the demand for payment of damages of the macro vision Corperation extremely high with 2 million DM damage delimitation was announced for Vitec according to own data: Already after complaint menace the ViTec responsible persons had as a precaution the operational business on to 21. 7. 1998 again created ViTec Multimedia GmbH shift. After the positive exit of the procedure now all ViTec activities are noticed again alone by the ViTec audio video GmbH. According to partner resolution the ViTec Multimedia GmbH is liquidated.

The exit of the procedure does not mean that one will find meant copy protection killers in the future as equipment for copy protection evasion again in the shelves. Meanwhile copyright forbids the sales from devices to the purpose of the evasion of a copy protection. On the other hand build-similar devices are offered today simply than picture-better and/or copying amplifiers -- as such they are to be found also on the ViTec Website . ( nij /c't)

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62423

Vitec home page (translated to english)

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