RealDVD disc-ripper goes on trial
RealNetworks launched RealDVD last fall, but it was only on sale for a brief period before it got sued into partial oblivion by groups representing movie studios. Now the court trial is set to begin.
One interesting tidbit is that the RealDVD software, which lets you rip movies to your hard drive, is just the tip of the iceberg. The New York Times reports that RealNetworks has developed an application for Linux-based set top boxes like DVD players that would let you insert DVDs and save movies to a hard drive for later viewing without the use of a computer. If RealNetworks wins the case, you could see this feature showing up on set top boxes that would sell for under $300.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Miguel said 10:56AM on 4-24-2009
Fair use is dead :(
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casey said 4:01PM on 4-24-2009
If all of the software I use becomes illegal to backup my precious, expensive, original retail copies, I suppose I would have to fallback to p2p to obtain the resources I need....
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Mysterius said 7:48AM on 4-25-2009
Well, good luck to Real.
Though they haven't won me over to their software, I hope they win this legal case.
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