DVD Copying For the Rest of Us
Of course it is no secret I’m a Mac user. My ripper of choice: Handbrake but sometimes you want to copy the WHOLE DVD. The solution is simple for the Mac, DriveIn by Telestream. But, whole DVD copying for the PC has been a mystery for me. Real Networks hopes to solve that problem.
eople have been avidly feeding music CDs into their computers for years, ripping digital copies of albums and transferring the files to their other computers and mobile devices.
This has not happened nearly as much with DVDs, for both practical and legal reasons. But that may soon change.
On Monday, RealNetworks, the digital media company in Seattle, will introduce RealDVD, a $30 software program for Windows computers that allows users to easily make a digital copy of an entire DVD — down to the extras and artwork from the box.
Robert Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, called it “a compelling and very responsible product that gives consumers a way to do something they have always wanted to do,” like make backup copies of favorite discs and take movies with them on their laptops when they travel.via]
Of course the MPAA will come swinging but having a deep pocketed company such as Real Networks fighting for fair use in a probable court battle could yield some interesting results.
