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RealNetworks CEO Testifies in RealDVD Disc-Copying Case

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 8:18am.
San Francisco - The CEO of RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) testified in federal court on Tuesday that his company's RealDVD disc-copying software does not facilitate piracy, and that consumers have a legal right to back-up their movie collections, according to published reports. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sued the company for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, arguing that the $30 software circumvents the CSS encryption on DVD discs.
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