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The '''DVD Copy Control Association''' ('''DVD CCA''') is an organization primarily responsible for the [[copy protection]] of [[DVD]]s. The [[Content Scramble System]] (CSS) was devised for this purpose to make [[copyright infringement]] difficult, but also presents obstacles to some [[Fair use|legitimate uses]] of the media. The association is also responsible for the controversial [[Regional Playback Control]] (RPC), the region encoding scheme which gives movie studios geographic control over DVD distribution.

As of 2001, members included film distributors such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros.<ref>{{cite web | title=Federal Register: August 3, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 150) | url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-19392-filed | accessdate=December 19, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=2001 copyright reform: CMPDA reply | url=http://www.flora.ca/copyright-2001-cmpda-reply.shtml | accessdate=December 19, 2007 | archive-date=December 11, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211003324/http://www.flora.ca/copyright-2001-cmpda-reply.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref>

They filed the much publicized case versus [[Jon Johansen]] who they alleged wrote [[DeCSS]]. The case was dropped in January 2004. CSS decrypting software (such as [[DVD Decrypter]], [[AnyDVD]], and [[DVD Shrink]]) allows a region-specific DVD to be copied as an all-region DVD. It also removes [[TiVo Corporation#RipGuard|Macrovision]], CSS, [[DVD region code|region codes]], and [[user operation prohibition]]s. They also filed the suit ''[[DVD CCA v. Bunner]]'' against people who distributed DeCSS, seeking injunctions to stop further distribution based on trade secret claims. The injunction was eventually denied because CSS was no longer a secret by the time litigation occurred.

==Features restricted by manufacturers==
All DVD CCA-licensed DVD player/burner manufacturers implement DVD CCA-mandated "robustness" and "compliance" rules on their products in an effort to restrict [[ripping]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2021/comments/opposition/Class_16_Opp'n_DVD%20CCA%20and%20AACS%20LA.pdf |title= Long Comment Regarding a Proposed Exemption Under 17 U.S.C. § 1201 |last1 = Taylor |first1 = David}}</ref> Some even go beyond that and implement additional [[Ripping#Anti DVD-ripping efforts|features to restrict ripping]].

==See also==
* [[Blu-ray region code]]
* [[Blu-ray]], the successor of DVD
* ''[[DVD Copy Control Ass'n, Inc. v. Bunner]]''
* ''[[Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes]]''
* ''[[DVD Copy Control Ass'n, Inc. v. Kaleidescape, Inc.]]''
* ''[[RealNetworks, Inc. v. DVD Copy Control Ass'n, Inc.]]''

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dvdcca.org/ DVD CCA]

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