Overheard in the tech blogosphere » intellectual property http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard – RealDVD and the power of the MPAA http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-realdvd-and-the-power-of-the-mpaa/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-realdvd-and-the-power-of-the-mpaa/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:22:17 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/?p=2779 “It’s perfectly legal to rip music from a CD and upload it onto an iPod for personal use; why can’t a person do the same with their own copies of movies?”

Brennon Slattery, Why Pick on RealDVD?

It’s sad that RealDVD, with its sophisticated and lawful approach to DVD-copying, had to swallow the wrath of the MPAA. It’s also clear that the DMCA [Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998] needs to be updated to reflect the changes in media distribution 11 years later.

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