[Infowarrior] - Judge halts sales of RealDVD

[Richard Forno]

Judge halts sales of RealDVD (CNET)

     * Posted on Mon Oct 6, 2008 1:39AM EDT

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081006/tc_cnet/8301102331005857493

- A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the  
controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store  
films to a hard drive, according to a report published by  
NewTeeVee.com, a technology-news blog.

The film industry sought to prevent sales of RealDVD last week when it  
filed a lawsuit against RealNetworks. The Motion Picture Association  
of America accused Real of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright  
Act and breach of contract.

According the story on NewTeeVee, the court wants sales to cease until  
Tuesday, when it has reviewed all the papers involved in the case. On  
Sunday evening, the RealDVD site notified visitors that because of the  
legal action taken by Hollywood, RealDVD was unavailable.

"Rest assure we will work diligently to provide you with software that  
allows you to make a legal copy of your DVDs," the post read.

Representatives from the MPAA and RealNetworks could not be reached  
Sunday.