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Tag: RealDVD

More on Hollywood vs. Consumers

The good folks at Freedom Works issued a report (PDF) last week on the RealDVD issue that I wanted to bring to your attention.  It is a handy summary of the issues and clearly lays out the case that this lawsuit is a counter-productive and anti-consumer action by the big Hollywood studios. Here is the [...]

Consumers want DVD convenience and freedom

I have written about the legal battle going on over RealDVD before (see here and here).  For those of you who don’t follow the issue RealNetworks developed software that would allow consumers to legitimately save a copy of DVDs they own to their computer’s hard drive for back up in case of loss or to [...]

Hollywood's Heavy Handed Legal Intimidation

Have you ever noticed how many more choices you have in managing your music as compared with movies? You can carry your entire music collection on one device and listen to whatever you want whenever you want on an iPod or MP3 player; a desktop or laptop; your home or car stereo; etc. When it [...]

Hollywood’s Heavy Handed Legal Intimidation

Have you ever noticed how many more choices you have in managing your music as compared with movies? You can carry your entire music collection on one device and listen to whatever you want whenever you want on an iPod or MP3 player; a desktop or laptop; your home or car stereo; etc.
When it comes [...]