RealDVD ripping software halted by judge
Making his mind up
PENDING A COURT DECISION on Tuesday, RealNetworks has been ordered to stop distributing RealDVD, the DVD ripping software which has Hollywood foaming at the mouth.
The Motion Picture Association of America is getting all dramatic and suing RealNetworks for purportedly violating its copyrights and breaching its trust. Awwww, sniff. This, even though RealDVD not only keeps the DVD’s original DRM, but also adds yet another irritating layer of restrictions to it.
In other words, Hollywood may not have much of a case, because the software has been designed specifically to make it difficult to copy films. It’s only even relatively useful for copying legally bought DVDs to a computer hard-drive, something most other free ripping software does anyway, without the hassle of DRM and extra restrictions.
Last night RealDVD’s Website noted it had to make its software unavailable until at least Tuesday, but added "rest assured we will work diligently to provide you with software that allows you to make a legal copy of your DVDs".
Legal copies of all our DVDs? Wow. We can hardly wait for it to premiere. µ
Comments
Typical
Owe well, people will now download real cracking software that will strip movies clean. I hate Hollywood and the liberal pond scum anyway.Self defeating much?
The lion crossing the river carrying a scorpion on his back turns his head and looks to the scorpion and says "Why did you sting me while riding on my back crossing the river? Now we are both going to die!" The scorpion replies calmly "It is my nature as a scorpion to kill. I can act no other way." ( -seriously butchered ancient story.)While I have no love for Real software, I find myself rooting for them in this instance. The content mafia (MPAA) are stifling innovation in the consumer electronics and software industries and need to just go away.
I already have boycotted the RIAA for the last 7 years, I would hate to start doing this to the MPAA but I think I might have to start soon.
The courts must address "fair use" rights soon and set the record straight once and for all or we will never break out of this vicious cycle.