RealDVD Litigation Updates

Hollywood vs. RealDVD

What's At Stake

Hollywood's six largest movie studios have banded together in a lawsuit to shut down RealDVD, a possibility that would be a blow to your consumer rights. The bottom line is that Hollywood does not want you to have the same "fair use rights" to make a backup copy of your DVDs in the same way that you have had with your music CDs for more than a decade.

Hollywood argues that RealDVD circumvents the technology that prevents illegal copying; RealDVD does not compromise any such protections. In fact, RealDVD adds more stringent protections to prevent piracy or other illegal copying. Real respects the rights of content creators and legitimate rights holders, and we want to work with them to continue delivering innovative digital entertainment technology (like RealDVD) that ultimately benefit you.

Court Filings and Statements from Real

August 11, 2009: RealNetworks Response to RealDVD Preliminary Injunction Ruling

May 20, 2009: Declaration of Peter Biddle

May 20, 2009: Letter of Declaration

May 13, 2009: Second Motion to File Amended (Antitrust) Complaint

May 13, 2009: Antitrust Counterclaim Against DVD CCA

April 24, 2009: Response to motion for preliminary injunction

March 23, 2009: Opposition to Preliminary Injunction

Oct 30, 2008: RealDVD Free Trial Expires – Customer Rights at Stake

Oct 7, 2008: RealDVD TRO Initial Hearing Response

Oct 6, 2008: Opposition to Defendants' TRO Application