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Real Makes DVD Ripping Legal: Too Little, Too Late?

Sep 8th, 2008

Online streaming firm RealNetworks has released new PC-based software product called RealDVD that allows you to rip copy-protected DVDs onto your hard disk, legally. The question I and other critics have is, why now and why Real? Free tools for ripping DVDs (albeit illegal) have flourished online for some time. Video download services such as iTunes and streaming video sites such as Hulu.com seem to serve video-philes adequately as is.

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