9 posts and columns on copying

NBC: Here's Why We Fired the "Today Show" YouTube Leaker

in Media on February 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

The official line: He’s a repeat offender.

Psyonara: Apple Wins Permanent Injunction Against Mac Clone Maker

in News on December 16, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

After 17 months of litigation, the hammer has finally fallen on Psystar. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday granted Apple’s request for permanent injunction against the Mac clone maker, barring it from peddling PCs with the Mac OS X operating system preinstalled, circumventing the technological measures Apple uses to prevent unauthorized copying of Mac OS X and assisting others in doing so.
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The Judge Was Wrong: RealNetworks's RealDVD Appeal Document

in News on November 10, 2009 at 3:48 pm PT

RealNetworks just lobbed its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the case revolving around its DVD-copying software, RealDVD. A U.S. District judge issued a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks in August to stop sales, and renewed it in October. In the appeal, which is embedded after the jump, RealNetworks said the judge was using the wrong legal standard and more.
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RealNetworks Still Barred From the DVD Backup Business. Why Does RealNetworks Want to Be in the DVD Backup Business?

in Media on August 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

So now that the RealNetworks attempt to get into the movie-copying business has been rebuffed by a federal court once again, I’ve got a question: Why, exactly does RealNetworks want to be in the movie-copying business?
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Voices

Consumers Want to Rip, Burn DVDs

in News on April 17, 2009 at 8:22 am PT

Apple’s iTunes makes saving music from CDs onto one’s personal computer a simple process, but doing the same with a DVD is much more complicated endeavor. Most DVDs are encoded with digital rights management technology to prevent copying.

Rent. Rip. Restraining Order.

in News on October 6, 2008 at 11:38 am PT

The legal broadside Hollywood lobbed at RealNetworks last week has upset the company’s carefully prepared plans to offer a mainstream means of legally copying DVDs. A judge has issued a temporary ban on sales of Real’s RealDVD software in the wake of a lawsuit brought against it by the Motion Picture Association of America.