An anonymous hacker known online as "Tron" is Hollywood's latest villain. Tron is the author of a piece of software called SmartRipper, which allows DVDs to be copied fairly easily to a computer hard ...

After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan ...

What is the best format to rip DVD? There is no single answer to this question. If you want to convert DVD for playback on a mobile device, MP4 is a good choice. If you want to create a 1:1 copy to ...

RealNetworks will soon let users rip DVDs to their hard drives -- legally. The company will be unveiling the RealDVD software at Monday's DEMOfall conference in San Diego, but CNET got an early look ...

Despite staunch legal opposition from Hollywood, a new package of DVD-copying software is headed for online and offline retail shelves. DVD drive company Tritton Technologies on Friday said it agreed ...

RealNetworks Inc. plans to begin selling software that lets people copy DVDs to their PCs, which might be convenient for on-the-go movie buffs but could incite some wrath in Hollywood. Unlike various ...

NEW YORK — Court rulings have pulled the most popular software for copying DVD movies off the market, but a new program, already on sale at CompUSA and Wal-Mart, is trying to get around these rulings ...

Budget software house Serif is the latest company to make a big splash about a program for copying DVDs which, when you look at the small print, can't actually copy the very DVDs most people are very ...

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s six major movie studios Tuesday sued Seattle-based RealNetworks to prevent it from distributing DVD-copying software they said would allow consumers to “rent, rip and return” ...

After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Susan ...

Selling software bypassing copyright protection mechanisms on DVDs is illegal – even if the purpose is to make back-up copies for personal use, a California court has ruled. The ruling clarifies ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge ruled here late Tuesday that it was unlawful to traffic in goods to copy DVDs. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's ruling came in a decision in which she declared ...