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Federal judge enjoins RealNetworks from selling DVD copying software

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday enjoined the technology company RealNetworks from selling its DVD copying software, RealDVD. Judge Marilyn Patel held that the RealDVD software violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and rejected RealNetwork's fair use defense. Patel did not not entirely dismiss the notion that a fair use defense may prevail in other scenarios, notably individuals making backup copies of DVDs for personal use: So whil read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).