Legal Opinion
RealNetworks, Inc. v. DVD Copy Control Ass'n
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 11, 2009No. C 08-04548 MHP, C 08-04719 MHPPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
MARILYN HALL PATEL, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
On September 30, 2008, RealNetworks, Inc. and RealNetworks Home Entertainment, Inc. (together, “Real”) brought action in this court against the DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. (“DVD CCA”) and several major motion picture studios, seeking a declaratory judgment that Real has neither breached its license agreement with DVD CCA nor violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. sections 1201 et seq. (“DMCA”) by manufacturing and distributing its “RealDVD” product. That same day, several major motion picture studios…
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