<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/35a52d00-f49b-4a2a-9981-bcb2a191cd7e/0E26A5A6-05B1-4444-B7AA-423E25BEBA09/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nzherald.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nzherald.co.nz/img/F782FA0F-350C-4725-BA47-B371A4A5569F" alt="RealNetworks' DVD copying software is just another video piracy tool, says a US court. 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Photo / Chris Skelton</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><H1> DVD ripping software 'illegal pirating tool,' rules court </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><P>SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has ruled in a closely watched legal battle that RealNetworks' DVD copying software appears to be an illegal pirating tool.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><P>U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on Tuesday kept in place her order barring the Seattle-based firm from selling its software until she resolves the legal battle over copyright protections between the company and Hollywood studios.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><P>The judge said it's likely that the studios will prevail with their argument that the software violates a federal anti-piracy law.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><P>The US$29.99 software lets consumers copy DVDs to computer hard drives. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10590358"><P>The studios fear that if RealNetworks is allowed to sell its software, consumers would not be willing to pay retail for movies on DVD that can be rented cheaply, copied and returned.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0E26A5A6-05B1-4444-B7AA-423E25BEBA09/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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