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images/news/mafiaa.jpgIt's official, Hollywood has asked a federal court for a restraining order to stop RealNetworks from selling its' RealDVD software, a technology that enables users to copy films and store them on their hard drives.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents the largest film studios, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claiming that "RealNetworks' RealDVD violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) because its software illegally bypasses the copyright protection built into DVDs."
Representatives of the MPAA, which has also asked for monetary damages, said they hope the judge will make a decision on the restraining order today or tomorrow
RealNetworks, the media-delivery software company, landed the first blow in this fight when it filed its own lawsuit earlier Tuesday against the studios and the DVD Copy Control Association.
RealNetworks' lawsuit asks the court to rule that RealNetworks' RealDVD software "fully complies with the DVD Copy Control Association's license agreement." Real feels it has a strong case because its software does not break the DVD's encryption when copying it to the hard drive (and, according to the company, even adds a second layer of DRM). Real claims this method is similar to that used by Kaleidescape, a provider of high-end home media servers.
Kaleidescape's 2007 courtroom victory over the DVD Copy Control Association is cited by Real as the precedent for the RealDVD software.
The MPAA says the two cases have nothing to do with each other. The lobbying group for the studios argues that the central question is whether RealDVD violates the DMCA, which prohibits companies from developing products that circumvent copy protections.
Read more at CNet
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents the largest film studios, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claiming that "RealNetworks' RealDVD violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) because its software illegally bypasses the copyright protection built into DVDs."
Representatives of the MPAA, which has also asked for monetary damages, said they hope the judge will make a decision on the restraining order today or tomorrow
RealNetworks, the media-delivery software company, landed the first blow in this fight when it filed its own lawsuit earlier Tuesday against the studios and the DVD Copy Control Association.
RealNetworks' lawsuit asks the court to rule that RealNetworks' RealDVD software "fully complies with the DVD Copy Control Association's license agreement." Real feels it has a strong case because its software does not break the DVD's encryption when copying it to the hard drive (and, according to the company, even adds a second layer of DRM). Real claims this method is similar to that used by Kaleidescape, a provider of high-end home media servers.
Kaleidescape's 2007 courtroom victory over the DVD Copy Control Association is cited by Real as the precedent for the RealDVD software.
The MPAA says the two cases have nothing to do with each other. The lobbying group for the studios argues that the central question is whether RealDVD violates the DMCA, which prohibits companies from developing products that circumvent copy protections.
Read more at CNet
