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The incoming Obama administration is asked to weigh in on what could be the most important copyright case since the United States Supreme Court ruling in 1984 involving VCRs and the public's right to record copyrighted movies at home.


On January 22, 2009, the public will be able to log on to the internet and watch the motions hearing in the RIAA's lawsuit against Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum and others.


RealNetworks RealDVD software contested by Hollywoood

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Tagged in: Media , Litigation , Jeffrey Neu , DVD , DMCA

Leading Movie Studios have filed suit against RealNetworks for their creation of RealDVD, software that enables users to create an image of DVD on their personal computer's hard drive.

A website through which hundreds of New York residents have searched for, purchased, stored, and shared copyrighted music files has "transacted business" in New York for purposes of the state's long-arm statute, and is subject to jurisdiction there, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held Sept. 29. Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC [SD NY, 2008].

In A.L. Enterprises, Inc. v. Sebron, a Utah court ruled that highly interactive websites, such as those that use shopping carts like Google Checkout or others.