News - Judge upholds RealDVD suspension, remains uncertain of DMCA violation

[HEXUS]

As expected, a U.S. Judge has ruled that RealNetworks' supposedly-legal DVD-copying software is to be indefinitely suspended.

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[yid0]

Whats the difference between this and the Kaleidescape systems? How are they able to store your dvds without infringing any laws?

[Dreaming]

Hold on a minute, the judge wants realnetworks to prove that it hasn't infringed copyright laws, rather than the other 6 having to prove that realnetworks has infringed copyright laws. Maybe I'm reading it wrong but isn't that basically 'guilty until proven innocent'?

[Funkstar]

Yeah, pretty much. Isn't that part of the DMCA though, you have to prove you didn't vioate it rather than it being proved you did?