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CaseNo: 3SLVMSI158390, CourtName: MISC 3, Plaintiff: 321 STUDIOS LLC, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>3SLVMSI158390, Dvd, Studios, Video, Legitimate, Backup, Owners, Films, Motion Picture, Instructions, Universal City, Video Images, California, Provisions, Distribution, Legal Owners, Dvd Format, Css, Bundled Computer Software, United States, Dvd Player, First Amendment, Copyright Act, Dmca, Northern District, Materials, Linux Operating System, Effectively Controls Access , ContentID: 120252903

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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS 
STUDIOS
VIDEO
LEGITIMATE
BACKUP
OWNERS
FILMS
MOTION PICTURE
INSTRUCTIONS
BUSINESS
PLAINTIFF
UNIVERSAL CITY
VIDEO IMAGES
CALIFORNIA
PROVISIONS
DISTRIBUTION
LEGAL OWNERS
DVD FORMAT
CSS
BUNDLED COMPUTER SOFTWARE
DEFENDANTS
UNITED STATES
DVD PLAYER
FIRST AMENDMENT
COPYRIGHT ACT
DMCA
NORTHERN DISTRICT
MATERIALS
LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
EFFECTIVELY CONTROLS ACCESS


               1  KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP
                     MICHAEL H. PAGE - #154913
               2  DARALYN J. DURIE - #169825
                     LLOYD A. FARNHAM - #202231
               3  710 Sansome Street
                     San Francisco, CA  94111-1704
               4  Telephone:  (415) 391-5400
                     Facsimile:  (415) 397-7188
               5   Attorneys for Plaintiff
               6  321 STUDIOS

               7

               8
                                                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
               9
                                               NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
              10
                                                       SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
              11
              12   321 STUDIOS, also known as 321 Studio, LLC   Case No.
              13
                                                          Plaintiff,
              14
                            v.
              15                                                               COMPLAINT FOR
                     METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS                               DECLARATORY RELIEF
              16  INC.; TRISTAR PICTURES, INC.;
                     COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.;
              17  SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC.;
                     TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.                             DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
              18  L.P.; DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.;
                     UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.; THE
              19  SAUL ZAENTZ COMPANY; and PIXAR
                     CORPORATION,
              20
                                                       Defendants.
              21
              22

              23
              24                                            INTRODUCTION

              25            1.     This lawsuit involves the ability of a small Internet company to

              26  instruction manual and bundled computer software that teaches legal owners of DVD
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  • 12 321 STUDIOS, also known as 321 Studio, LLC Case No.
  • 26 instruction manual and bundled computer software that teaches legal owners of DVD movies to
  • 27 make legitimate backup copies of the contents of a DVD for their own personal use.
  • transferring the digital video images from a DVD onto regular CD-ROMs,
  • Motion Picture Association of America, have claimed that 321 Studios' DVD
  • 10 that 321 Studios is not violating the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
  • 12 DVD format, and that its activities are protected under the First Amendment.
  • 14 Millennium Copyright Act and its interaction with United States copyright law and the First
  • The so-called "anti-circumvention" provisions of the DMCA have been widely
  • 17 new legal scheme is unclear, and because the Defendants claim 321 Studios violates this
  • 20 DVD owners to make backup archival copies of their own DVDs.
  • 321 Studio, LLC is doing business as 321 Studios, and also does business as
  • 25 maintains an office in Berkeley, California, located in the Northern District of
  • 26 conducts sales and marketing activities in the Northern District of California.
  • 20 with its principal place of business in Universal City,
  • Plaintiff 321 Studio's sales office is in Berkeley,
  • 20 technology that permits the storage and playback of video and films in a digital format.
  • viewed by the purchaser of a DVD either on a television equipped with a standalone DVD player
  • 25 called the "Contents Scramble System," or "CSS," and was developed by Matsushita Electric
  • computer operators running the Linux operating system had no
  • D. 321 Studios' Sale of DVD Utilities and Instructions
  • 11 The data in the video files created by the DVD Copy Plus materials can be stored using a
  • 11 distribution in a manner prohibited by the Copyright Act.
  • circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under
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