If you were hoping for RealNetworks’ “Facet” set-top box to come to market, you probably don’t want to know that Kaleidescape has already done preliminary work on a Blu-ray ripper box, at least according to chief executive Michael Malcolm.
The problem, of course, is that a California appellate court reversed a trial court’s decision and paved the way for Kaleidescape to be sued for breach of contract by the DVD Copy Control Association, making any such product a pretty slim hope for now. But it’s a hope nonetheless.
“We’ve put a lot of work into a Blu-ray product, but we don’t have plans to record Blu-ray onto hard discs unless managed copy becomes a reality,” Malcolm said on Wednesday. “I don’t know if it becomes a reality; it’s really up to the studios. But we’ve certainly done the development work.”
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