What does DVD CCA stand for?

DVD Copy Control Association

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Information technology (IT) and computers
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Samples in periodicals archive:

The company argues that the contract it signed with the DVD Copy Control Association, which equips DVD player manufacturers with the keys to unscrambling DVDs, allows RealDVD because the software doesn't alter or remove anti-piracy encryption on DVDs like illicit software that is easily obtained for free online.

Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying

RealNetworks countered by saying it will file legal paperwork asking the court to rule that the software enabling people to copy movie DVDs is legal because it complies with a DVD Copy Control Association license agreement.

DVD-copying software sparks legal battle with movie studios

The studios claim ESS breached its contract with the non-profit DVD Copy Control Association not to sell, distribute or transfer the descrambler chips to unauthorized entities, according to a suit filed April 5 in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Studios look to courts as piracy rises

The studios claim that ESS Technology was required by the license for the ``Content Scrambler System'' in its microchips to refrain from selling them to DVD makers not approved by the DVD Copy Control Association.

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But others say the trade secrets claim is the suit's weakness--Bunner did not create the program, he violated no contract with the DVD Copy Control Association, and by the time he posted the software online, hundreds of others had done so, too.

Court rules trade secrets outweigh free speech

The DVD Copy Control Association should file suit in the man's home state or the state where it thinks the offense occurred, the court says.

Balance sheet. (Citings)

The DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA) filed a lawsuit back in 1999 against Matthew Pavlovich for posting the DeCSS.

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