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RealNetworks' day in court ends in loss
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-08-12 12:59:20
A U.S. District Court judge has enjoined RealNetworks from selling its RealDVD software that copies DVDs to the user's hard disk.


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Why can't I just play DVDs in Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.


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RealNetworks ups ante in DVD backup case
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-05-14 13:53:45
RealNetworks has added a new countersuit in its battle with the movie industry over the company's RealDVD disc backup software.


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Real demos "TiVo for DVDs" in court
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-29 15:23:35
As part of its court defense of RealDVD, Real Networks displayed in court a possible future product: a set-top box to hold ripped DVDs.


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Does watching pirated movies make you a terrorist?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Regulatory

2009-03-09 00:09:09
You might consider movie piracy a victimless crime, but some folk are now directly linking pirates to terrorists.


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Is The Pirate Bay Still a Safe Harbour?
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-02-16 20:48:04
Although occurring in Sweden, the commencement of the trial of the four founders of The Pirate Bay will help to answer many of the murky legal questions regarding the legal standing of Torrent index sites.


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The Autodesk case makes sampling legal
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-05-24 07:21:38

The music industry is in deep dog-doo.  They just haven’t figured out which breed the dog is.  Or where it went!


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RIAA, MPAA: Be Careful what you Wish For
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-02-17 05:08:57
Schemes are being hatched to make it harder and harder to download copyrighted material across the internet.  Seems they will be just as successful as the method to stop people recording CDs to tape in the “old days.”  And just as ludicrous.
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