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The judge on Tuesday extended a temporary restraining order issued last week after the company and studios went to court.

A hearing on whether to turn the order into a more permanent ban has been scheduled.

RealDVD allows users to create a copy of a DVD for their computer's internal or portable hard drive.

The Motion Picture Association of America claims that the software illegally bypasses copy-protection measures intended to prevent duplication of DVDs.