Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying | Lawinfo Weblog
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hollywood calls it “rent, rip and return” and contends it’s one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry’s annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it. On Friday, the showdown over the issue will take place in federal court in San Francisco, where an army of lawyers representing Hollywood will argue that RealNetworks Inc.’s DVD “ ripper ” is an illegal digital piracy tool.
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Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying | Lawinfo Weblog