RealNetworks Defends RealDVD

October 1st, 2008

RealNetworks is feeling heat from the movie studios involving its just-released RealDVD software, and is firing back with a lawsuit.RealDVD lets consumers store, manage and play DVDs on computers. Think of it as a DVD backup , since the software does not let users distribute copies of DVDs.

“RealDVD not only maintains the DVD’s native CSS encryption intact, it also adds another layer of digital-rights-management encryption that effectively locks the DVD copy to the owner’s computer to ensure that the content cannot be improperly copied or shared,” the company said. “RealDVD provides consumers with a great solution for the playback and management of their DVD collections while adding security that is more robust than CSS.”

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