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RealNetworks, Film Industry Headed To Court

Posted by timothy on from the in-your-face-film-industry dept.

netbuzz writes "Apparently tired of waiting to be sued by the movie studios over its new DVD-to-PC copying software, RealNetworks this morning announced it will file a preemptive lawsuit in an attempt to authoritatively establish that the product does not infringe on copyright restrictions. Within an hour or so, the Motion Picture Association of America said it would have a litigation announcement of its own this afternoon."

17 of 173 comments (clear)

  1. Hey look at me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    RealNetworks is saying "Hey look at me everyone! Why doesn't anyone ever notice me?"

  2. Appropriately tagged as entertainment by dilvish_the_damned · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because well, it just is. At least for me.

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    I think you underestimate just how much I just dont care.
  3. Real...buffering..Networks by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    vs the MPAA.

    Nope, I give up. I can't decide which I want to lose.

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    1. Re:Real...buffering..Networks by AstrumPreliator · · Score: 1, Funny

      It's like asking, "Would you rather be kicked in the nuts or punched in the face?"

    2. Re:Real...buffering..Networks by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm actually rooting for Real...I've become everything I've ever hated!!!!!

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    3. Re:Real...buffering..Networks by Amouth · · Score: 2, Funny

      you ever been kicked in the nuts? even by accident? i'll take a bat the face before i experience that again

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      '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
  4. Ah! Lawyers... by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah! Lawyers...

    Always trying to make trouble when there is none yet...

  5. Real vs MPAA by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we're really lucky, they both will spend exorbitant amounts of money litigating, and then the judge will award $1 to the plaintiff.

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    1. Re:Real vs MPAA by philspear · · Score: 2, Funny

      If we're even luckier the judge, bored out of his mind, decides a deathmatch is the way to go. Two executive boards enter, part of one executive board leaves.

    2. Re:Real vs MPAA by compro01 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why don't we follow the Roman method and crucify the surviver, a la Spartacus.

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  6. With the eventual outcome by oahazmatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Judge: This court finds in favor of the MPAA.
    Real: But... we sued them!
    Judge: Look, I understand you're a startup company...
    Real: We've been around forever!
    Judge: ---Really? Never heard of you. $10 million or 40,000 innocent souls to the MPAA, to be paid by Friday.

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    Those who believe the Internet is private,
    find their privates are on the Internet.
  7. Tough reading by InterruptDescriptorT · · Score: 2, Funny

    I took at look at RealNetworks' filing, but it didn't elicit much useful information:

    Plantiffs RealNetworks, Inc. (herein known as PlantiBUFFERING... 4%

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    Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)
  8. Re:Ironic it will be, young padawan by db32 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whoa whoa whoa now. I think the lack of naked celeb-titties in other DVD copying software is pretty big missing feature. Don't act so smug when they clearly have the superior product. Seriously, what are you worried about with the spyware in this case? If it shows naked celeb-titties while ripping DVDs are you actually going to use that computer for anything other than ripping mass quantities of DVDs?

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  9. Re:Great! by thrillseeker · · Score: 5, Funny

    one day I hope to finish reading the manpage for it

  10. You think this is funny?!!? by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet you didn't know that, ahem ..

    "The worldwide motion picture industry, including foreign and domestic producers,
    distributors, theaters, video stores and pay-per-view operators lose more than $18 billion
    annually as a result of movie theft. More than $7 billion in losses are attributed to illegal
    Internet distributions, while $11 billion is the result of illegal copying and bootlegging."

    http://www.mpaa.org/press_releases/realdvd%20press%20release%209%2030%2008%20final.pdf

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  11. Re:Ironic it will be, young padawan by Alzheimers · · Score: 2, Funny

    The naked celeb-titties in question belong to Marlon Brando.

  12. Whistle Innocently by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    dd if=/dev/dvd of=/home/acoward/mydvd.iso

    I'm just sayin'