Universal City Studios, Inc., et al. v. 2600 Enterprises, Inc.

In compliance with a preliminary injunction issued in January 2000, 2600 Enterprises removed software from their Web site that decodes scrambling technology blocking the copying of DVD movies and posted links to other sites offering the software. The Plaintiffs, however, have asked the Court to extend its preliminary injunction to prohibit 2600 Enterprises from posting the hyperlinks. At issue is the fundamental question of whether linking to a site with copyrighted material constitutes copyright infringement. Academics at Harvard Law School responded to Plaintiff's request with an amicus brief in support of 2600 Enterprises motion to vacate the injunction.

On August 17, 2000, Judge Kaplan handed the motion picture industry a win when he ruled that 2600 Enterprises could not post the deencryption software or link to direct downloads of the program as it violates copyright law.