A federal judge has barred the manufacture and distribution of a program designed to make perfect copies of video-game discs, a games industry trade group said on Monday.
The Entertainment Software Association said Judge Richard Owen of the federal court in southern New York issued an injunction last Thursday, adding that developer 321 Studios agreed to the order before a hearing on a motion to block the distribution of its program "Games X Copy."
321 has ceased operations, according to its Web site, and an independent online vendor is running a close-out sale on 321 products not subject to an injunction.