RealNetworks Inc. plans to begin selling software that lets people copy DVDs to their PCs, which might be convenient for on-the-go movie buffs but could incite some wrath in Hollywood. Unlike vario… ...

RealNetworks Inc. is expected to announce today a new software program that will for the first time give consumers a simple and legal way to copy movies and TV shows from DVDs onto their computers.

This well-regarded DVD copier normally sells for $50, but today only, you can download a licensed copy (with a year of updates) absolutely free.

After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan ...

After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan ...

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Hollywood's six major movie studios Tuesday sued Seattle-based RealNetworks to prevent it from distributing DVD-copying software they said ...

Big Six sue RealNetworks over RealDVD, which lets consumers back up any DVD -- including a rental -- to up to 5 hard drives.

The software locks the copy to the hard drive where it is copied and to the program it was copied with, Kimball said, and he asserted that copying one’s personal collection of DVDs amounts to ...

Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox sue a handful of small software companies, alleging that their distribution of DVD-copying software violates copyright law.

DVDs are encrypted with what is known as the Content Scramble System, and DVD players must secure a license to play discs. RealDVD, she ruled, circumvents technology designed to prevent copying.

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