Tag archive: Greg Goeckner

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… Read More

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… Read More