RealDVD Sales Halted On Judge's Order, Copyright Suit Pending Oct 10, 2008
A judge has ordered RealNetworks to stop sales of its DVD-copying software. The order, issued Tuesday, comes as RealNetworks and the Motion Picture Association of America sue each other ... The MPAA sued RealNetworks in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, claiming that the software, RealDVD, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by allowing people to copy movies onto their PC hard drives. (InformationWeek)
Judge bars RealNetworks' copying software Oct 8, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has kept in place a temporary prohibition on RealNetworks Inc.'s distribution of software that lets consumers copy and store DVD movies on their personal computers and portable hard drives. RealNetworks and Hollywood's six major movie studios filed dueling lawsuits last week over RealNetworks' launch of its RealDVD product, which costs $29 ... RealNetworks bowed to a judge's request on Friday to stop distribution, and on Tuesday the judge formally barred sales of... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Studios Win Pause on Copying Oct 8, 2008
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said she was not convinced that RealNetworks wasn't in violation of the , copyright laws or an agreement it signed with an industry group while developing the software. Until those issues are resolved, Patel said that the movie studios would suffer more harm than RealNetworks if the temporary restraining order put in place Friday were allowed to expire ... Hollywood movie studios sued Seattle-based RealNetworks last week over its newly launched RealDVD, which allows... (Law.com)
DVD copying software gets pulled Oct 8, 2008
RealNetworks - the firm behind the software - has responded to restraining order issued by a US court stopped selling the RealDVD software ... RealDVD is touted by RealNetworks as a legal way to turn a PC into a media server ... "It makes it easy to pause a programme and resume right where you left off, makes it easy to find the movie you want and no more lost or scratched discs," said Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, on his firm's blog. (BBC News -- Technology)
Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software Oct 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios. We temporarily suspended distribution of the product until tomorrow, said Seattle-based RealNetworks' spokesman Ryan Luckin. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Judge halts RealDVD sales until at least Tuesday Oct 7, 2008
RealNetworks this weekend suspended selling its RealDVD software in response to the request of a judge who needed time to review the legal issues involving the software, the company confirmed today ... On the same day, RealNetworks, whose chief executive, Rob Glaser, is pictured above, and Hollywood studios ... RealNetworks says the software is meant to be used with DVDs one owns. (Los Angeles Times)
Judge Halts Sales Of RealDVD Oct 7, 2008
(CNET) A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store films to a hard drive, according to a report published by , a technology-news blog. The film industry sought to prevent sales of RealDVD last week against RealNetworks ... Representatives from the MPAA and RealNetworks could not be reached Sunday. (CBS News)
False Citizen Report of Steve Jobs Heart-Attack Crashes Apple Stock Oct 7, 2008
San Francisco - RealNetworks said Monday that it had stopped distribution of a software program to rip off DVDs, in compliance with a temporary injunction issued Friday by a federal court in. Monday, NPD Group, a company that offers marketing research services such as industry tracking and data analysis, released a report revealing that 30% of the smartphones customer base had. (eFluxMedia)
Hollywood Studios Block Sales Of New DVD Copying Software Oct 7, 2008
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) petitioned the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to issue the injunction last week complaining that RealDVD infringes on film copyrights contrary to RealNetworks' claim that the program makes legal copies of DVD films. RealNetworks has posted a notice on its website that RealDVD is temporarily unavailable. (AHN)
Kid Rock goes digital with Rhapsody Oct 4, 2008
Starting Friday (October 3), Rock's music on Rhapsody, the online music service run by RealNetworks, is available for digital-rights-management-free purchase as full albums only, while individual songs can be downloaded only under the subscription plan, or streamed via the service's 25-free-songs-a-month offer. Rock has been a vocal advocate of keeping music available only as full albums, a stance that is the root cause of his music's continued absence from the iTunes music store. (Reuters)
Music Downloads: Is the Price Right? Oct 4, 2008
com (), , RealNetworks' () Rhapsody, and Best Buy's () Napster. Music publishers, who represent creators of song lyrics and sheet music, want an increase in royalty payments while Apple and the other companies are pushing for a reduction. (BusinessWeek)
RealNetworks Announces Support for WiiWare Oct 4, 2008
Source: RealNetworks, Inc. ... SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From Nintendo's Fall Media Summit, digital entertainment services provider RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: - ) today announced Boingz, its first WiiWare(TM) game for the Wii(TM) ... "We are thrilled at Nintendo's ability to continue bringing countless new fans to casual games with the Wii," said Matt Turetzky, vice president of content and non-PC platforms in the Games Division of RealNetworks. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Studios sue to bar a DVD copying program Oct 3, 2008
Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, the Walt Disney Company and Sony are suing RealNetworks ... Six major movie studios sued RealNetworks, the Seattle-based digital media company, on Tuesday over its new $30 software program that allows people to make digital copies of their DVDs ... RealNetworks, the company behind RealPlayer software and the Rhapsody music subscription service, said RealDVD gives users the freedom to do things like... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
RealNetworks Picks A Piracy Fight Oct 3, 2008
But thanks to RealNetworks, it's not going out without a copyright fight. Tuesday, RealNetworks (nasdaq: - - ), the maker of RealPlayer software, began selling RealDVD, a $50 program that allows users to "rip" DVD files from discs and store them in an iTunes-like library ... Legal or not, the first lawsuit has already arrived--courtesy of RealNetworks itself. (Forbes -- Technology)
Hollywood gangs up on 'rent, rip and return' software Oct 3, 2008
Hollywood's six major movie studios today sued RealNetworks to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software that they said would allow consumers to "rent, rip and return" movies or even copy friends' DVD collections outright ... The suit, filed in US District Court in Los Angeles, alleges RealNetworks' RealDVD program, which launched today, illegally bypasses the copyright protection built into DVDs ... "This is not a product that enables internet piracy," said Bob Kimball, general counsel... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
ContentAgenda Oct 3, 2008
Content Agenda: News On Content Delivery, Copy Protection, Digital Copyright, Tech Policy al Measurement. - Thu, October 2, 2008. (Variety)
Hollywood to block RealNetworks Oct 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES Hollywood's six major movie studios plan to sue RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software, The Associated Press has learned ... RealNetworks on Tuesday launched a $30-program called RealDVD that copies DVDs to computers or portable hard drives. (Globe and Mail)
Nintendo's Holiday 2008: Wii Speak Channel, Club Nintendo, More Surprises Oct 3, 2008
Boingz: Developed by the award-winning studio NinjaBee and published by RealNetworks, Inc., Boingz introduces players to bendy, stretchy little critters who've found themselves scattered about an alien world. Using the Wii Remote, players can grab, stretch and fling the rubber-band bodies of the Boingz to bounce them around the environments and help them find their way home. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
General News Oct 3, 2008
- Four Players Selected by the MLB Draft - Grid Iron Club Sponsors First Social of 2004 - Randy Langejans named Associate AD for Business Operations - Shelley Binegar Named Assistant Athletic Director for Ticket Operations - 2004-2005 FAU DANCE TEAM PRACTICE SCHEDULE - Milaneze and Laskowski Named Student Athletes of the Year - Nationals 2004 - Girl Scouts Field Days - 1st Annual Owl Club Auction - March Of Dimes Photos - Athletics to Host Auction - Athletics and Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce -... (Fausports.com)
MySpace to launch digital music service Sep 25, 2008
The list of foiled challengers include Yahoo Music, RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody and Napster Inc., which this month agreed to be acquired by Best Buy Co. for $121 million. The difficulty developing a major alternative to iTunes hasn't seemed to discourage the music labels yet. (MSNBC -- Technology)
SanDisk 'SlotMusic' Card Offers DRM-Free Music Sep 23, 2008
com and Rhapsody, which is owned by RealNetworks and MTV Networks. (JavaScript required). (InformationWeek)
Sony Ericsson launches developer competition Sep 20, 2008
Last year saw Sony Ericsson give awards to established players including RealNetworks, BitCycle, Gracenote and Opera. "Sony Ericsson is very proud to unveil its 2008 Content Awards and celebrate bringing the best and most innovative content from mind to market," said Bj. (VNUNet.com)
Metropolitan Opera Radio on SIRIUS to Broadcast Third Season Live from the Metropolitan Opera Sep 19, 2008
In addition to providing audio recordings through the new Met on Rhapsody on-demand service, the Met also presents free live audio streaming of performances on its website once every week during the opera season with support from RealNetworks. The company's groundbreaking commissioning program in partnership with New York's Lincoln Center Theater (LCT), provides renowned composers and playwrights with the resources to create and develop new works at the Met and at Lincoln Center's Vivian... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Best Buy To Purchase Napster In Effort To Challenge iTunes Sep 16, 2008
In 2006, Best Buy teamed up with RealNetworks () and SanDisk () to create a digital music subscription service and compatible media player. The original Napster helped set the digital music market in motion in the late 1990s with a free music-sharing service, which was shut down after a lawsuit was filed by the music industry. (Investors Business Daily)
Rifling through my DEMO notebook Sep 15, 2008
When RealNetworks took the wraps off new DVD-to-PC copying , one major selling point was that users now can sleep soundly knowing for the first time that their homemade copies of commercial movies are perfectly legal ... The motion picture industry, which doesn't even like to see the words "DVD" and "copying" in the same sentence, said it's not ready to endorse that blanket assurance from RealNetworks, as it had learned of the product only days before ... The industry has fought such DVD copying... (NetworkWorld.com, MA)
Seattle's Big Fish Games scores $83M Sep 13, 2008
Big Fish competes for online gamers with major web portals Yahoo and Microsoft s MSN, as well as RealNetworks and WildTangent Inc., of Redmond. eengleman@bizjournals. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
RealNetworks launches software for saving DVDs to PC Sep 11, 2008
RealNetworks launched new software called RealDVD that lets people save DVDs to their PCs and create film libraries for watching any time, without needing the disc ... "It's a good story for studios. We have stopped the worst violations people can do (peer-to-peer distribution)," Eric Fox, senior product manager at RealNetworks told CNET News. (CNET News)
RealDVD lets you load up your laptop with movies Sep 11, 2008
This week at the Demo tech conference in San Diego, RealNetworks unveiled a neat solution for just such a family scenario, or for the business traveler who loves movies. It's called RealDVD, and the basic idea is appealing: You can copy, organize and play your DVD movies and TV shows on a laptop while leaving the physical discs at home. (USA Today -- Tech)
Final thoughts on a packed DemoFall Sep 11, 2008
RealNetworks for people who want to rip DVDs to their hard drive just like they do CDs. helps automate party and event planning, even making phone calls for you. (CNET News, CA)
RealNetworks to Release DVD-Copying Software Sep 9, 2008
NEW YORK RealNetworks Inc. plans to begin selling software that lets people copy DVDs to their PCs, which might be convenient for on-the-go movie buffs but could incite some wrath in Hollywood ... The software will create a full copy of a DVD in about 10 to 40 minutes, RealNetworks said, and copies saved on portable hard drives will be playable on up to five computers per user ... RealNetworks Chief Executive Rob Glaser thinks the product will have wide appeal, from business travelers to... (Fox News)
Real's DVD Copying Software Sep 9, 2008
RealNetworks releasing DVD copying software. Article:RealNetworks releasing DVD copying software:/n/a/2008/09/08/financial/f124238D20 ... DTL Article:RealNetworks releasing DVD copying software:/n/a/2008/09/08/financial/f124238D20. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
DVD copier by RealNetworks is sure to ire Hollywood Sep 8, 2008
On Monday, RealNetworks, the Seattle digital media company, will introduce RealDVD, a $30 software program for Windows computers that allows users to make digital copies of entire DVDs easily, down to the extras and artwork from the box. Robert Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, called the program "a compelling and very responsible product that gives consumers a way to do something they have always wanted to do," like make backup copies of favorite discs and take movies with them on their... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
RealNetworks Launching DVD Ripping Service; Will It Make Any Ripples? Sep 8, 2008
RealNetworks Launching DVD Ripping Service; Will It Make Any Ripples ... RealNetworks Launching DVD Ripping Service; Will It Make Any Ripples. (Washington Post)
DVD ripping goes legit with RealDVD Sep 8, 2008
RealNetworks will soon let users rip DVDs to their hard drives--legally. The company will be unveiling the RealDVD software at Monday's in San Diego, but CNET got an early look at the software. (CNET News)
RealDVD Movie Product Mat Spur C-Drive Copyright Fight Sep 8, 2008
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser wants consumers to start making digital copies of their DVD collections on their computers in much the same way they already do with CDs - whether Hollywood wants them to or not ... RealNetworks is expected to work around the issue by claiming that its software does not remove the encryption on the DVD.. (New York Post -- Business)
Napster faces challenges within and without Sep 6, 2008
Primary rival Rhapsody America is a joint venture between two much larger companies, RealNetworks and MTV.. And new competition from ad-supported streaming sites like imeem and Last. (Scientific American)
43rd Annual MDA Telethon begins Sunday Aug 31, 2008
It's expected to attract some 40 million viewers nationwide and many more worldwide on the Internet via RealNetworks at. "Each year, we see more progress toward my dream of a healthy future for all 'my kids,'" said Lewis, MDA s national chairman. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
That's Entertainment, TiVo Aug 28, 2008
Whether it's streaming clips from Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) YouTube, playing music for RealNetworks' (Nasdaq: RNWK) Rhapsody subscribers, or shopping through the virtual aisles of Amazon. com (Nasdaq: AMZN), TiVo has done well in differentiating its DVRs from the plain-vanilla competition. (MSNBC -- Business)
Amazon's Kindle A Textbook Case? Aug 27, 2008
Amazon's Kindle A Textbook Case. - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness. (CRN)
Scrabulous no more Aug 27, 2008
Both Hasbro and Mattel have been trying to promote an authorised version of Scrabble for Facebook - made by Electronic Arts in the United States and Canada and by RealNetworks elsewhere. The Agarwallas, meanwhile, have released an alternative Scrabble-like word game called Wordscraper, which was not affected by Facebook's latest action. (The Age, Australia -- Technology)
Facebook axes Scrabulous internationally Aug 26, 2008
Both Hasbro and Mattel have been trying to promote an authorized version of Scrabble for Facebook made by Electronic Arts Inc. in the United States and Canada and by RealNetworks Inc. elsewhere. The Agarwallas, meanwhile, have released an alternative Scrabble-like word game called Wordscraper, which was not affected by Facebook's latest action. (MSNBC -- Politics)
RealPlayer Now Available for Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor-Based Netbooks and Nettops Aug 20, 2008
Source: RealNetworks, Inc. ... RealNetworks' comprehensive media player solution for netbooks and nettops provides OEMs with a single point of licensing for all popular media formats ... SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- From the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), digital entertainment services company RealNetworks, Inc. is announcing the availability of its popular RealPlayer on Intel Atom(TM) Processor-based netbooks and nettops. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Firefox Closer to Supporting Open-source Video Codec Aug 2, 2008
Video on the Web these days is a jumble of different software formats and products, with major ones including 's QuickTime, Microsoft's Windows Media, 's Flash and RealNetworks' RealPlayer multimedia players. The plugins are free. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
RealNetworks reports second-quarter loss, revenue up Aug 1, 2008
RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) reported a net loss of $1 ... RealNetworks said the revenue growth was partly due to a 40 percent increase in revenue from its games business to $34. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
RealNetworks Appoints Pradeep Jotwani to Board of Directors Aug 1, 2008
Source: RealNetworks ... SEATTLE, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks, Inc., (Nasdaq: - ) today announced that Pradeep Jotwani has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors ... "Pradeep is a great addition to our board," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Yahoo offers coupons for non-working music Jul 31, 2008
The company said Wednesday it is offering coupons on request for people to buy songs again through Yahoo's new partner, RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody. Those songs will be in the MP3 format, free of copy protection. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music Jul 26, 2008
Yahoo said in April that it would close its store and music subscription service and migrate the operations to RealNetworks, which operates the Rhapsody music service ... com, RealNetworks, and Napster. (InformationWeek)
EFF: Yahoo Music should compensate customers Jul 25, 2008
Yahoo is suggesting customers move to RealNetworks' Rhapsody. Microsoft said that the issue affects a small number of people. (CNET News)
Hasbro sues Scrabulous makers for copyright infringement Jul 25, 2008
It has a deal with RealNetworks to make a legal version available in other markets. . (International Herald Tribune)
Music Service iLike Tops 30M Users, Adds Full-Song Streams Jul 22, 2008
Seattle - Social music discovery service iLike announced on Monday that it has surpassed 30 million registered users, and said it signed a deal with RealNetworks to offer full-length song playback via that company's Rhapsody service. The Rhapsody full-song streaming feature -- which caps plays at 25 songs per month -- will soon be made available on iLike's Facebook application as well. (Digital Media Wire)
Napster Takeover Looms as Hedge Funds Exploit Cash Eclipsing Market Value Jul 19, 2008
We don't comment on M&A activity until there's something to announce,'' RealNetworks spokesman said ... RealNetworks could come in and add those subs to their subscriber base,'' said Olson, who recommends buying Napster shares. (Bloomberg)
Telco IP Television Update Jul 16, 2008
ANT Software Ltd., a provider of IPTV software and services, appointed former RealNetworks executive Jim Denenny as VP and general manager for the Americas. On Demand Group (ODG), a subsidiary of SeaChange International, will provide an outsourced IPTV video-on-demand solution to Greece's Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation S.A.. (Multichannel News)
Scrabulous founder vows to fight on Jul 13, 2008
RealNetworks already has made a version available elsewhere under a deal with Mattel, holder of the rights outside the United States and Canada. That version has fewer than 6,000 daily users, compared with Scrabulous' 450,000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
My word! Online Scrabble goes legit Jul 13, 2008
RealNetworks Inc. already has made a version available elsewhere under a deal with Mattel Inc., holder of the rights outside the United States and Canada. The split in rights means that users in, say, San Francisco won't be able to play the authorized version with friends in London, so they might still turn to the unauthorized Scrabulous. (CNN -- Tech)
EA tries to legitimize Facebook Scrabble Jul 8, 2008
RealNetworks Inc. already has made a version available elsewhere under a deal with Mattel Inc., holder of the rights outside the United States and Canada. The split in rights means that Facebook users in, say, San Francisco won't be able to play the authorized version with friends in London, so they might still turn to the unauthorized Scrabulous. (MSNBC -- News)
Rhapsody Launches MP3 Store and Mobile Music Service Jul 4, 2008
Rhapsody, the online music service that is now a joint venture of RealNetworks and MTV Networks, launched a DRM-free MP3 store into beta this week, along with the over-the-air download service through Verizon Wireless that the company had pre-announced ... Thus Rhapsody now offers a combination of DRM-free paid MP3 downloads; a monthly subscription service that offers on-demand streaming and uses DRM (RealNetworks HelixDRM and Microsoft Windows Media DRM) for subscription downloads and portable... (eSecurityPlanet)
Verizon Wireless Discusses VCast Music Deal With Rhapsody Jul 2, 2008
Verizon Wireless hosted a conference call today to give some more details on its new partnership with Rhapsody America, a joint venture between ( ) and MTV. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser was on the phone along with John Harrobin, SVP of digital media and marketing for Verizon ( ). -- RealNetworks' role: Glaser: This is a very big day for Rhapsody. (Washington Post)
Rhapsody In Bloom With Verizon, DRM Free Downloads Jul 2, 2008
Previously, the service offered by Rhapsody, a joint venture between RealNetworks and Viacom's MTV Networks, offered a subscription service that allowed users to stream music for a flat fee. A subscription for streaming music, a model that once caused Steve Jobs to famously quip, "People want to own their music.". (CRN)
Rhapsody Looks to MP3 Sales to Topple iTunes Jul 2, 2008
Before now Rhapsody, jointly owned by RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks, had focused on a subscription service, allowing unlimited song streaming for $13 to $15 a month, rather than selling downloads. But Rhapsody Vice President Neil Smith said the fact the service has not been compatible with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) top-selling iPod digital player has limited Rhapsody's reach. (CIO Information Network)
Rhapsody Bets DRM-Free Downloads Can Foil iTunes Jul 2, 2008
In addition to its new "Music Without Limits" MP3 store, Rhapsody, a joint venture of RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA), also announced distribution partnerships with several companies including Yahoo, Verizon Wireless and Viacom's MTV Networks. "Until now, legal digital music has suffered from severe limitations on where consumers could buy it and how they could use it," Rob Glaser, RealNetworks's chairman and CEO, said in a statement. (CIO Information Network)
ourWorld Appoints Dick Costolo to Board of Directors Jul 1, 2008
Its architects have backgrounds from companies including Google, Hasbro, RealNetworks. Microsoft, , and more. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Stocks Up; Oil Hits New High Jul 1, 2008
Rhapsody, the music service of RealNetworks (nasdaq: - - ), announced the opening of its own online shop, intended to compete with Apple's iTunes ... RealNetworks gained nearly 3. (Forbes -- Technology)
Verizon, Rhapsody Team up on Mobile Music Jul 1, 2008
the joint online music service of RealNetworks and MTV Networks, on Monday began selling songs from all major labels in the MP3 format and launched its mobile music service with Verizon Wireless. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Verizon introducing Rhapsody music service downloads Jul 1, 2008
Rhapsody is a joint venture of RealNetworks Inc. and Viacom Inc. through its MTV subsidiary. Apart from its music sales and subscription service, Rhapsody provides 30-second music samples that can be played on several websites, through "music discovery service" iLike Inc. Those clips will now be expanded to full tracks, and surfers can listen to up to 25 of them per month without a Rhapsody subscription. (Xinhuanet, China)
Skyhook Wireless, Jul 1, 2008
" Originally posted at Topics: Tags: , , , , , Bookmark: Blog Post, News By August 21, 2007 9:28 AM PDT MTV, Real, and Verizon Wireless have 'formed Voltron' in an effort to take on the iTunes behemoth.(Credit: TV Tokyo)With their new joint digital music initiative, MTV Networks, RealNetworks and Verizon Wireless are taking a direct aim at Apple's iTunes powerhouse. Called Rhapsody America, the yet-to-launch collaboration among the three companies will combine MTV's relatively unsuccessful Urge... (CNET News, CA)
