Maplin removes circumvention devices in co-operation with Macrovision

Macrovision Corporation the leading provider of digital rights management and copy protection technologies, has announced that Maplin Electronics Limited has declared that it will fully comply with the European Copyright Directive, which was implemented in the UK on October 31 2003.
The new law brings into force important new measures prohibiting the sale and advertising of circumvention devices designed to illegally circumvent Macrovision copy protection technologies on DVDs and VHS cassettes that protect the copyrights of content owners and their publishers.
Maplin Electronics Ltd., a specialist electronics retailer with 781 stores in the UK, has agreed to destroy its entire stock of video enhancers, which could be used as circumvention devices.
David O’Reilly, Commercial Director of Maplin Electronics Ltd, said: “We acted promptly on this matter because it its important for us to provide our customers with products that do not contravene the law. We have discontinued these items following the change in the legislation, and out of respect for the law.”
(GB)