Lawyering in DVD Copying Case Billing up to $765 Hourly

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

SAN FRANCISCO — Hollywood studios are paying up to $765 an hour for attorneys litigating a lawsuit aimed at preventing RealNetworks from marketing software that allows movie fans to copy their DVDs, according to court documents. All told, legal fees in the nearly year-old case against the Seattle-based company are likely to total millions as Hollywood fights to retain its grip on the DVD and prevent companies from offering copying services. At a hearing in federal court here last month, more than two dozen lawyers from both sides filled the courtroom for days of testimony surrounding the RealDVD software, which U.S.