In September of last year, RealNetworks began selling a new product called RealDVD for $30. The product could copy retail DVD content onto one hard drive and up to five devices. However, only a few thousand sales or so were made before a federal Judge blocked the sale of the program at Hollywood's request. Now RealDVD is being tested in court, with lawyers for the Hollywood studios saying ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:Cunningham went on to argue that DVD owners have a fair use right to make backup copies of discs they have bought. Reginald Steer of the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) rejected his point, saying the Digital Millennium Copyright Act had overtaken this argument.
... and there in lies the truth from the cranial rectum inverted bunch collectively known as the"mafiaa". You own it but you don't really own it because we get to tell how, when and where to use "your" media.
I guess i get to tell them which part of my anatomy to kiss...
Quote:Cunningham went on to argue that DVD owners have a fair use right to make backup copies of discs they have bought. Reginald Steer of the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) rejected his point, saying the Digital Millennium Copyright Act had overtaken this argument.
... and there in lies the truth from the cranial rectum inverted bunch collectively known as the"mafiaa". You own it but you don't really own it because we get to tell how, when and where to use "your" media.
I guess i get to tell them which part of my anatomy to kiss...
pucker up buttercup!
Here's the kicker since the DMCA makes fair use illicit IE anything the consumer dose to circumvent protections, real DVD offers a safe and legal alternative to backing up your DVD.
They should say that since realdvd dose not break CSS its legal under the DMCA everything else is not unless it dose not break CSS.
Yes the DMCA gets into your bedroom by saying cracks and circumvention is illicit by itself irregardless of anything else its like saying because you are napping/texting in your parked vehicle being a bit drunk you'll get a ticket or worse because you decided not to driving..... the more rules society forces on itself the more freedoms and rights we lose because we need a rule for every little thing.
"He also commented at one point that code being used by RealNetworks was sourced from Ukrainian hackers, which RealNetworks has denied exists in the product. "
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i dont see where he got his software engineers degree from but im pretty sure it came in his cocoa puffs box
