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Dr.Khron
30th September 2008, 22:30
Apologies if this is old news...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/tc_nm/us_realdvd_3

RealDVD, a software product from RealNetworks subsidiary RealNetworks Home Entertainment Inc, allows users to create a copy of a DVD for their computer's internal or portable hard drive.

RealNetworks said RealDVD gives consumers the ability to do with movie or TV show DVDs what they already do with music CDs, and RealDVD eliminates the hassle of searching for a missing DVD or dealing with a scratched and unplayable disc.

The company also said its product allows customers to view DVDs while traveling with a computer.



So, the Realnetwork software, decrypts the DVD to your PC's HD, and then adds its own layer of encryption? Or do you think the CSS is still intact?

It can't possibly be re-encoding the streams, can it?

DigitAl56K
7th October 2008, 20:27
Distribution of RealDVD has been suspended via injunction (http://www.betanews.com/article/Real_suspends_RealDVD_in_wake_of_MPAA_lawsuit/1223302919).