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Real vs. the MPAA: Dumb and dumberer

by Mathew on September 30, 2008 · View Comments

When reports first came out about a month ago that Real Networks was launching a DVD-ripping software application called RealDVD, a number of people — including yours truly — wondered what on earth the geniuses at Real were smoking. How could such a product not get sued? Even though the software uses its own digital-rights [...]

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Items that may one day be posts

by Mathew on July 26, 2006 · View Comments

The Motion Picture Association may have picked on the wrong guy when they sent a letter asking software developer Shawn Hogan to pay up for downloading movies. He happens to be a multi-millionaire, and plans to take the MPAA to court. Eric Rice of Hipcast makes the point that podcasts and other audio and video [...]

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