Good luck trying to burn a copy of your favorite DVD now. RealNetworks has agreed to kill DVD-copying software that raised the hackles of movie studios in Hollywood. The company will also pay $4.5 million to cover the studios' legal fees and costs for the copyright fight that ensued in California federal court. RealNetworks threw in the towel after Judge Marilyn Hall Patel repeatedly sided with the major movie studios and the DVD Copy Control Association.
March 04, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Good luck trying to burn a copy of your favorite DVD now.
RealNetworks agreed to kill DVD-copying software that raised the hackles of movie studios in Hollywood. The company will also pay $4.5 million to cover the studios’ legal fees and costs for the copyright fight that ensued in the Northern District of California. The concessions came in a Monday settlement agreement and a consent judgment, approved by Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on Wednesday.
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