3 posts and columns on DVD ripper

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

RealDVD Launch Buffering…Buffering…

in News on October 8, 2008 at 6:47 am PT

Looks like RealNetworks’ RealDVD, the company’s new “legal” DVD ripper, is off the market for the foreseeable future. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel on Tuesday renewed the temporary restraining order barring Real from distributing the software.