dan tynan on Oct 08 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, DMCA Madness, Infoworld
Don’t expect to be making legal copies of your DVDs any time soon. A judge has extended the order banning sales of the RealDVD copying software. Hollywood is happy, but are consumers getting a raw deal?
dan tynan on Oct 07 2008 | Filed under: Apple, Sony is baloney, US Airways Magazine, Video, Web 2.0
The future of entertainment can be found inside a game console
Hi, my name is Dan and I have a problem with electronics. (“Hi, Dan.”)
As a professional gadget wrangler, my home often looks like an electronics warehouse. These days my living room is filled with devices designed to deliver content from the Internet to my [...]
dan tynan on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Video
The biggest story from Demo so far: Real Networks RealDVD recorder, which lets you make legal copies of your DVDs on your computer, just like you can with your music CDs. It’s a simple concept wrapped in a legal minefield.
Real does this legally by paying the same licensing fees that manufacturers of DVD players [...]
