RealNetworks Announces DVD Copying Tool, Downplays Legal Peril
Posted 09/10/08 at 10:25:06 PM | by Pulkit Chandna
RealNetworks is soon going to tread the perilous waters of DVD copying. The company has announced that it is going to release RealDVD, an application for making digital copies of DVDs. Although DVD copying applications have been available for long, RealDVD will be the first such tool to be released by a major company.
RealNetworks is fully convinced that there won't be a strong case against it, if the company is ever dragged to court over the software. RealDVD will come with certain restrictions to prevent its use for piracy. "We have put in significant barriers so people don't just take this and put it on peer-to-peer networks," RealNetwork's Robert Glaser told NYT. However, he did not spill the beans on the exact nature of the curbs. RealDVD will carry a $30 price tag.
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Submitted by brainwins on Thu, 2008-09-11 13:39
this is worse. By copying your dvd´s with this aplication you are actually losing rights. Last time I checked I could watch my dvd´s on any dvd player, not only on the ones who have certain software installed.
Submitted by brainwins on Thu, 2008-09-11 08:33
"The buyer of the RealDVD application would be able to make one copy of a
DVD that could be played on only one computer. The digital copy could
be transferred to up to five additional computers.
However, to transfer the film to a new computer would require each computer to
have its own copy of the RealDVD application. The application is unable
to copy HD films at this time."So you can break a company's DRM measures only if you put some more on top of them?
That sounds like DRM nightmare there.
How is this any better than Handbrake again? Oh yeah, It's 30 dollars more expensive
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