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Walmart Gives Hollywood a Hand

in Media on February 27 at 4:15 pm PT

The movie industry is recruiting Walmart Stores Inc. to help attract users to its struggling online video-library service, Hollywood’s latest step to combat the challenges of digital piracy and a fading DVD market.

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.