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 ...

NEW YORK – 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.

As you are probably aware, almost all commercial DVDs are embedded with software to prevent their being copied. That software, called “content scrambling system” (CSS), not only prevents users from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...