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RealNetworks Still Barred From the DVD Backup Business. Why Does RealNetworks Want to Be in the DVD Backup Business?

Peter Kafka 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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RealNetworks and Hollywood Spar Over DVD Ripping

Sarah McBride and Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm PT

Starting late last year, movie studios began peddling premium-priced DVDs that come with the right to download a digital copy of the movie onto a computer. Now a federal judge will weigh in on whether the studios are the only ones who can legally make those copies, or if other companies can jump on the bandwagon.