MPAA, Real in copyright suit

[admin]

The MPAA and RealNetworks filed dueling lawsuits Tuesday over software that allows users to copy protected DVD content onto a computer hard drive.

The MPAA says the RealDVD software, released Tuesday, is "patently illegal" and should really be called StealDVD, while RealNetworks charged the Big Six studios with trying to strangle "fair use" of copyrighted material.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993151.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

So RealDVD, which adds another layer of DRM to copied DVDs on top of the CSS which it doesn't break, is still illegal?

[blutach]

Bout time someone stood up to them. Let's hope they win big time.

Regards

[kevdriver]

Hear hear........... !

[drfsupercenter]

Ah, now here's the problem.

The MPAA may be pure evil, but Real isn't exactly any better. I mean, does anyone actually LIKE RealPlayer? I pretty much boycott RealPlayer (though I do like Rhapsody's 25-streams-a-month online site...), so even though I want the MPAA to lose I don't exactly want Real to win.