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The movie studios call it Steal DVD, and that’s why they’re suing Real Networks over its Real DVD program, which allows users to make a backup copy of DVDs. This week a San Francisco court is hearing legal arguments as to whether it violates copyrights.
To Bill Hankes of RealDVD, the case is simple. He told the BBC:
"The consumer should have the same fair use rights to copy DVDs just as they have for the last decade with music."
Less than a week after it went on sale, a court has issued an order temporarily requiring RealNetworks to suspend distribution of its DVD-copying product RealDVD. The action comes in response to a lawsuit brought against RealNetworks by the MPAA, alleging RealDVD enables users to bypass the Content Scramble System (CSS) used to protect DVDs from unlicensed copying. RealNetworks maintains that making a copy for personal use is permissible under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and points to Kaleidescape’s successful victory over the MPAA in a case where Kaleidescape hardware enabled users to copy DVDs into a personal library.
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