Comments on: RealNetworks Versus Hollywood Case Will Be Heard In Silicon Valley Court

By: MPAA vs. RealNetworks: lo que está en juego

MPAA vs. RealNetworks: lo que está en juego — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:53:44 +0000

[...] America (MPAA – ese círculo achatado que todos hemos visto en los créditos de las películas) demandó el año pasado a la empresa RealNetworks por infracción a las normas sobre derechos de autor. Ese [...]

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:54:30 +0000

Who cares whether they win or lose. Real’s convoluted DVD ripping process keeps the disc’s DRM. It’s just a ploy to circumvent DMCA legal problems. Real is hoping if they win the case they’ll create an umbrella that rippers can (pay to) hide under. So far it’s not working out. They followed the letter of the law and they’re still getting sued.

In the year this will take to settle out in the courts, you could get a Netflix subscription and a 1TB drive, and use DVD43 to collect several hundred decrypted DVD images. Throw in a Mac Mini to play them on your TV and still be under $4/movie.

Of course in a few years you’ll have to do it all over again for Blu-Ray, so it isn’t really worth the effort whether it’s legal or not.

By: Technogeekanerd » Blog Archive » The Geekinator Podcast Episode #0025

Technogeekanerd » Blog Archive » The Geekinator Podcast Episode #0025 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:22:02 +0000

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By: Quickthink » Blog Archive » Shock! Horror! Lawyers Share

Quickthink » Blog Archive » Shock! Horror! Lawyers Share — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:10:13 +0000

[...] for tech start ups. Nice! More often, blog posts on legal issues are more like this one from Tech Crunch. The non-legal part is fun, but the legal content is ho hum. BORING. At least this is better [...]

By: Free Software Reviews

Free Software Reviews — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:22:03 +0000

holleywood make enough through movie brand advertising;

see all the coke pepsi, etc sign in the movie ?

By: RealDVD Gets Home Field Advantage In Hollywood Lawsuit.

RealDVD Gets Home Field Advantage In Hollywood Lawsuit. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:12:09 +0000

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By: DNfer

DNfer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:22:47 +0000

there is a point where these big companies will give up and start supporting these type of software developments. in the begining the same sort of cases were there for famous YouTube but after sometime the same companies who were complaining start promoting their videos via YouTube, to gain a wide attention

By: Scott K.

Scott K. — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:32:33 +0000

The little guy vs. Hollywood lawyers storyline has grown knee-jerk and tired. This is not the Napster days were there weren’t legal alternatives. I don’t even know where to begin, but think iTunes, Hulu and fat Blu-ray discs. Real is simply trying to put on the Shawn Fanning cape to try to win fans and relevance. It doesn’t fit well.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:50:17 +0000

Insane – a law suit to argue the legality of what everyone is doing already anyway (and have been for years). Ridiculous especially when you consider that being a Real Networks product – the dvd ripper probably totally sucks anyway.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:39:44 +0000

When I first read the headline I was thinking of “Center Networks” … lol… i was baffled… Hollywood sues New York and it get heard in the Valley??? But of course… REAL networks… my bad.

By: Akshay

Akshay — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:35:09 +0000

Amazing stuff. I am happy that Real Networks if fighting this. The believe in their product and hopefully this will turn out in their favor and ultimately in consumers favor.