http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/08/1826217.shtml
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2726951.html?tag=st.ne.1002.bgif.ni

settlement info:
RealNetworks settles lawsuit with Streambox 
By Jim Hu
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 8, 2000, 8:50 a.m. PT 
Web-streaming software company RealNetworks today said that it has ended its nine-month legal battle against rival Streambox by agreeing to an out-of-court settlement.

As part of the deal, Streambox has agreed to obey RealNetworks' copyrights when developing new products. More specifically, Streambox will stop letting its Streambox Ripper software transform RealMedia streams into alternative formats and will modify its Streambox VCR to respect the copyrights of the RealSystem video player. 

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