MPAA-RealDVD Trial Portends Legality of DVD Copying

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Motion Picture Association of America and RealNetworks square off in a federal courtroom here Friday to determine the legitimacy of the Seattle-based tech company’s DVD copying software. The MPAA, which fears losing complete oversight of the DVD as the music industry lost control of the CD, is challenging RealNetworks’ $30 software allowing users to make backup copies of DVDs on their hard drives. Hollywood claims the RealDVD software , which a judge ordered removed from the market last year pending the litigation’s outcome, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibiting the circumvention of encryption technology.