Real Files Suit Against Studios

Well that didn’t take long at all. Within an hour of making its new RealDVD software available for sail, RealNetworks filed suit against all of the major movie studios and the DVD Copy Control Association. According to Real’s press release, the suit “asks the court to rule that RealNetworks Home Entertainment Inc.’s RealDVD software…fully complies with the DVD Copy Control Association’s license agreement.”

Hollywood sources confirmed that the MPAA plans on filing their own suit asking a federal court to stop RealNetworks from distributing the RealDVD software. Real has a real good case here because the software doesn’t break the DVD’s encryption when copying the DVD to the hard drive. It even adds a second level of DRM.

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