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1、RealNetworks, Hollywood in Court Battle over DVD-copying SoftwareUpdated: April 25, 2009Source: http:/ 06英A 20060311152 蔡淑真 News On Friday, industry lawyers urged a federal judge to bar RealNetworks Inc. from selling software that allows consumers to copy their DVDs to computer hard drives, arguing

2、that the Seattle companys product is an illegal piracy tool. Hollywood contends that its one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industrys annual $20-billion DVD market - software that allows users to copy a film without paying for it.RealNetworks lawyers countered that its RealDVD pro

3、duct is equipped with piracy protections that limit a DVD owner to making a single copy and that it is a legitimate way to back up copies of movies legally purchased.NewsNews The industry lawyers contend that the software violates a federal law known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which ma

4、kes software and other tools that enable digital piracy illegal. They also contend that shoppers will widely condone such illegal behavior if RealNetworks product is allowed on the market. RealNetworks says its product legally fills growing demand by consumers to convert their DVDs to digital form f

5、or convenient storage and viewing. News U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, the federal judge who shut down the music-swapping site Napster in 2000 because of copyright violations, is presiding over the three-day trial, which is expected to focus on the same technological upheaval that changed t

6、he face of the music business. Patel temporarily barred sales of RealDVD in October after the product was on the market for a few days. News The lawsuit has incurred widespread wrath from bloggers, digital rights advocates and groups on both sides of the political spectrum. Critics accuse the studio

7、s of stifling innovation as they attempt to develop their own copying software. The industry, through the Motion Picture Assn. of America, counters that its goal is to stamp out piracy. It says it welcomes legitimate attempts at innovation.Words and Expressions the Digital Millennium Copyright Act數(shù)字

8、千年著作權(quán)法 condone 寬恕 music-swapping 音樂文件交換（程序） upheaval 劇變，動亂 wrath 憤怒 stifle 扼殺 stamp out 消滅，杜絕Linking knowledge RealNetworks Inc. 1.它是Internet和Intranet多媒體數(shù)據(jù)流技術(shù)和數(shù)字娛樂市場的創(chuàng)立者和領(lǐng)導者。 2.它的主要傳統(tǒng)業(yè)務(wù)是從事開發(fā)與銷售專門應(yīng)用與網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的音頻、視頻及其它多媒體的軟件，使用戶可從個人電腦至其它電子設(shè)備終端都可以發(fā)送與接收高質(zhì)量的視頻。 3.RealNetwors的核心技術(shù)提供流媒體播放服務(wù)。 4.RealNetworks中國致力于將

9、其世界領(lǐng)先的數(shù)字娛樂業(yè)務(wù)在中國進行本地化的市場開拓和運營。 目前其多媒體客戶端RealPlayer在中國擁有150萬/天的安裝量，到達超過71%的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶，并通過RealPlayer向中國用戶提供音樂，影視以及游戲服務(wù)，成功地成為中國專業(yè)的數(shù)字娛樂媒體平臺。Linking knowledgeNapster: Napster是個搜索引擎，能查找下載MP3壓縮音樂文件。它利用尖端技術(shù)克服了傳統(tǒng)FTP傳輸中的問題，你可查找100多個服務(wù)器中當時最快的服務(wù)器，從而順利下載MP3音樂文件。 Metallica樂隊正式向法院起訴Napster公司，控告其侵犯了自己的著作權(quán)，開始了那場著名的官司。官司的最終結(jié)果是Napster敗訴，被迫修改自己的程序，使Metallica等樂隊的mp3在internet不會被免費傳播。 Translation 星期五，好萊塢辯護律師迫切要求聯(lián)邦法官禁止RealNetworks有限公司銷售它們所開發(fā)的軟件，因為這種軟件允許消費者拷貝他們的DVD到電腦的硬盤上。他們聲稱R