Filed under: Video, Windows, Commercial
US Court temporarily prohibits RealDVD sales
by Brad Linder Oct 4th 2008
NewTeeVee reports that this is just a temporary shutdown until Tuesday. The purpose is to give the judge time to review the details of the case.
Meanwhile, there are still plenty of applications that will let you rip DVDs for free, although few, if any, keep a DVD's CSS encryption intact the way that RealDVD does. So if you're a big fan of DRM, especially the heavy-handed kind that will only let you watch a ripped movie on a single computer, you might want to wait until this legal battle is worked out. If you prefer being able to watch movies your own way, you might want to check out Handbrake or Fair Use Wizard.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dukeman said 10:42AM on 10-05-2008
I'm starting to see the "writing this off the books" on the wall.
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James said 11:12AM on 10-05-2008
This is just getting stupid. What, you create a product, print business cards, sue the competition/opposition, order office supplies.....
Pre-emptive suing?
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Steve said 8:20AM on 11-23-2008
This is ridiculous. All I want to do is put the movies that I already PAID FOR on my hard drive so I don't have to carry them with me. The movie studios are so paranoid and greedy.
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