Law Practice
Oct. 6, 2008
RealNetworks, Movie Studios Wage Battle Over DVD Copying Product
Web Exclusive - U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel of San Francisco late Friday halted a daylong courthouse shuffle over RealNetworks' new software that allows DVDs to be copied onto computer hard drives. The day saw lawyers rushing to courthouses in Los Angeles to San Jose to San Francisco. Patel temporarily halted sales of the software and scheduled a hearing for Tuesday.
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By Craig Anderson and Rebecca Beyer Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN JOSE - At the request of a coalition of Hollywood studios, a federal judge in San Francisco on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against a company whose product allows consumers to copy DVDs onto computer hard drives. The product has been available to customers since Tuesday and an attorney for Washington, D.C., -based RealNetworks Inc., which make...
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