After a marathon hearing, RealNetworks will have to wait a couple...
After a marathon hearing, RealNetworks will have to wait a couple of weeks longer to summarize its pitch to a federal judge to lift her ban on selling the RealDVD technology for copying DVDs. Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge…
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Marilyn Patel in San Francisco scheduled for May 21 closing argument on a preliminary injunction sought by Hollywood studios and the DVD Copy Control Association, a RealNetworks spokesman said. Those bodies persuaded Patel in October to issue a temporary restraining order, ordinarily a short-term measure. When the three days that the judge set aside late last month turned out not to be enough for an evidentiary hearing on extending the ban until a trial or settlement, she extended the proceeding to May 7 and 8. The studios claim that RealDVD would violate copyright. The association alleges that the technology violates RealNetworks’ licensing agreement for the Content Scramble System DRM technology for DVDs. RealNetworks contends that it complied with the agreement and that the copyright claims overreach in seeking to prevent a purchaser’s duplication for personal use.