The Motion Picture Association Of America just released this
press statement:  Los Angeles – The nation’s top movie companies
filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to stop
RealNetworks Inc. from distributing the company’s RealDVD
software which allows movies to be copied illegally.  In their
complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order, the
studios said that RealNetworks’ RealDVD violates the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) because its software illegally
bypasses the copyright protection built into DVDs that protect
movies against theft.  “RealNetworks’ RealDVD should be called
StealDVD,” explained Greg Goeckner, Executive Vice President and
General Counsel for the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA).  “RealNetworks knows its product violates the law and
undermines the hard-won trust that has been growing between
America’s movie makers and the technology community.  The major
motion picture studios have been making major investments in
technologies that allow people to access