Court to Hand Down Ruling in Case at the Heart of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act vs. Fair Use Rights Debate.

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2003

Partial summary judgment hearing in the counter-claim

filed against 321 Studios by seven major motion film studios

to occur in Federal Court in San Francisco 

  WHAT:  A partial summary judgment hearing in the counter-claim filed
         against 321 Studios -- the makers of the DVD copying software
         DVD X Copy and DVD Copy Plus -- by seven major motion picture
         studios will occur on May 15, 2003 at the federal courthouse
         in San Francisco, California. The hearing will address 321
         Studio's adherence to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
         (DCMA) and the Court's interpretation of "fair use" rights.
         The movie studios in this lawsuit are Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
         Studios, TriStar Pictures, Columbia Pictures Industry, Time
         Warner Entertainment, Disney Enterprises, Universal City
         Studios and the Saul Zaentz Company.

 WHERE:  San Francisco Federal Courthouse
         San Francisco, California
         Courtroom 10

  WHEN:  May 15, 2003
         9:00 a.m.

  WHO:   Presiding Judge:
         -- Honorable Susan Illston

         On Behalf of 321 Studios:
         -- Robert Moore, President of 321 Studios
         -- Rob Semaan, CEO of 321 Studios
         -- Daralyn Durie, Legal Counsel and Partner at Keker & Van
            Nest

         Opposing Counsel:
         -- Russ Frackman of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp