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October 2, 2008 |
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Hollywood movie studios have filed suit against Seattle-based RealNetworks for distributing a software program that copies DVDs. The program, RealDVD, violates the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, according to the suit reported in the New York Times. The six plaintiffs claim that RealDVD is threatening efforts of the studios to increase their digital downloading business, and their suit stems from the fact that the program works by bypassing the anti-copying mechanism built into DVDs. RealNetworks has filed counterclaims that its software conforms to the law by encrypting DVD copies to prevent online sharing, and is requesting a dismissal. The purpose of the program is to allow DVD owners to burn backup copies of favorite movies, or for traveling purposes. Hollywood believes that RealDVD simply motivates consumers to rent and copy DVDs before returning them.
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