After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan ...

The case, which will be heard in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, holds important consequences not only for software developers and for the motion picture industry but also for consumers, who ...

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s six major movie studios Tuesday sued Seattle-based RealNetworks to prevent it from distributing DVD-copying software they said would allow consumers to “rent, rip and return” ...

For the first time, commercial vendors and individual consumers will be able to legally create CSS copy-protected DVDs for playback on existing DVD players. The Board of Directors of the DVD Copy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Macrovision released a new DVD copy-protection technology that it hopes will substantially ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Whether the public has a right to make a "fair use" copy of DVDs is on trial in a San Francisco federal court. Yet the public may never know whether the verdict was reached fairly ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sony Corp. and other U.S. movie studio owners may succeed in forcing DVD-copying products off the market after a federal judge indicated she may decide the products violate federal ...

This week, the DVD Copy Control Association—the group responsible for CSS copy protection—is expected to vote on a Managed Copy Amendment that would close a loophole in the CSS license that allows ...

The six big motion picture studios Tuesday won a major legal victory against DVD copying. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel issued a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of RealDVD, a ...

SAN FRANCISCO --Hollywood studios and a company that makes DVD-copying software faced off in federal court here on Thursday in a case that could determine the public's fair-use rights for digital ...

Whether the public has a right to make a fair use copy of DVDs is on trial in a San Francisco federal court. Yet the public may never know whether the verdict was reached fairly because the presiding ...