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more about #realnetworks more comments → MacAttack7388: So wait, CD ripping software, like iTunes is legal, but DVD ripping is not? Seems to me like the motion picture industry has better lobbyists. Oh, th... more » Kaiser-Machead: Yeah? Well osculate with my posterior, douchebiscuit. Unless a more convenient, legal and less restrictive means to have my library exist as a collect... more » Intelext: I don't see what the problem is with dvd copying software. I bought the cd and thus it is my property and i can do whatever i want with it, i don't se... more » rcast1986: Well fuck that. more » Justin Paulson: This is not a great precedence....What about when the same thing is rolled out to CD copying. Will iTunes be illegal? Will MP3 players? This is bas... more » OCEntertainment: So, let me get this straight.....it could very easily (and in light of the CD situation, incredibly likely) be that making DVD backup copies is legal ... more » StupidSimple: So netflix doesn't rip the streaming movie content? Is there a mex..(insert cheap labor man here) putting a dvd in a player on the other side every ti... more » weatherman: I hope Real appeals this as far as they can. It's absurd to me that the court would find permissible fair use for DVD copying while at the same time r... more » Monty: Seriously, do we want to have a definitive answer to this question? As it stands now, we are all playing on the darker side of this judicial swimming... more » Hectorvex: Another clear message set forth from a legal perspective on the strange and wonderful laws surrounding the distribution of copyrighted material. The m... more » craig_16: If you buy a DVD, are you still breaking the law if you then go on to torrent that film so you can put it on your media player? Only reason I'm saying... more » baltwade: RIAA went after cassette tapes when they first came out and lost. MPAA tried to stop VCR when they first came out and lost. RIAA sued to stop CD rippi... more » nbolmer: "then RealDVD was might have never even a serious product" ? more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Dear Gawker, Please hire better web programmers. You may hire me if you would like, it's up to you, but the ridiculous load time and script errors (H... more » -
#dvds
Apparently, DVD Copying Software Is Illegal
Ruling against the RealNetworks in the trial of sooo last century, a federal judge said that it was illegal to sell or make DVD copying software under the DMCA. But what about actually ripping DVDs yourself? More » -
#copyright
RealNetworks Stumbles Into Court, This Box Hangs in the Balance
RealNetworks' courtroom feud with the MPAA is now under way, and as predicted, the company doesn't really give a mouse's ass about RealDVD. It's Facet, RealNetworks' archiving DVD player, that everyone's all worked up about. More » -
#copyright
Why The RealDVD Trial Might Actually Matter
Yes, OK, we called the software lame and poked fun when it earned that inevitable injunction, but that was just too predictable to get all earnest about. Well, RealNetworks might've been playing a long game. More » -
#portablemedia
Haier America Rolls Out With New Rhapsody Ibiza MP3 Players
In what may seem like a late start to the iPod race, Haier America is updating their Rhapsody Ibiza line with 2 new MP3 players: the Mini and the Touch. Sound familiar? More » -
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#portablemedia
Rhapsody and Haier Go PC-Free with Ibiza Wi-Fi Music Player
Today Rhapsody and Haier launched the Ibiza Wi-Fi music player, which lets you download Rhapsody tracks via Wi-Fi without connecting to a PC first. This is really good news for Rhapsody users, until now there was no true portable device for managing tracks, though Apple, Microsoft and SanDisk (with Yahoo) have launched similar products. The question is, how good will Chinese-electronics maker Haier be at entering a game both Apple and Microsoft have approached only gingerly? Here's a look at the ambitious initial hardware, Haier's first US-destined DAP: More »
