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Judge: RealDVD Antitrust Case Real Stupid

in News on January 11, 2010 at 11:02 am PT

The federal judge presiding over the RealNetworks legal battle with Hollywood has confirmed what even the company’s attorneys have likely known all along: There was no chance whatsoever that the company would prevail in its claims against the film industry, and the plight in which RealNetworks now finds itself is entirely its own doing.
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1000 AOL to Employees Go the Way of Dial-Up

in News on January 11, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Sue. Rent. Rip. Return.

in News on September 30, 2008 at 10:01 am PT

Turns out RealNetworks Inc.’s new DVD ripper RealDVD is as legal as its creator is litigious. Real debuted RealDVD this morning and along with it a preemptive lawsuit against the Hollywood interests that will inevitably attempt to litigate it into oblivion. Brought against the DVD Copy Control Association and a who’s-who of major studios, the suit asks the court to rule that RealDVD complies with the DVD Copy Control Association’s license agreement.