However Renteria proceeded to blindly toss the ball to Polanco for the

However, Renteria proceeded to blindly toss the ball to Polanco for the force, and ended up missing his target by a wide margin. As the ball rolled toward the pitcher's mound, Esteban German came in to score what would be the game-winning run.Joakim Soria came in for the final inning, and shut down the Tigers for his ninth save on the young season.. (Adds Ukrainian hackers) Stocks  |  Media  |  France By David Lawsky SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 (Reuters) – Hollywood moviecompanies told a federal judge on Friday that RealNetworks(RNWK.O) violated copyright law by selling software that allowspeople to make backups of their DVDs on a home computer U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel convened thefirst-day arguments by the movie companies and the DVD CopyControl Association that “RealDVD” software should be banned. “In the end, this case will be about how RealNetworks triesto take money that is not theirs,” argued Bart Williams for themovie companies.

At one point, he said some RealNetworks code came fromUkrainian hackers, but a company spokesman said none was in theproduct. If RealNetworks wins, it could establish a beachhead forsoftware that transfers movies from DVDs to hard drives, openingthe door for many companies to sell devices that can store andorganize movies from DVDs. RealNetworks began selling “RealDVD” for $30 at the end ofSeptember, but only a few thousand copies were out the doorbefore it wound up in court Judge Patel temporarily haltedsales in October. Now the judge is considering a preliminary injunctionagainst the Seattle-based software company.RealNetworks lawyerLen Cunningham argued that the studios had their own productswhich provide for backups, called digitalcopy “They have aggressively marketed it,” he said. “The threat(to Hollywood) is for legitimate competition.” The judge interjected: “They have the copyright.” Cunningham argued that DVD owners have a “fair use” right tomake copies of their own DVDs. But Reginald Steer of the DVDgroup said the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 hadovertaken that argument.

RealNetworks says the software can be used with one harddrive and only five devices, such as laptops or televisions.That would prevent it from getting on the Internet or beinghanded off from one friend to another, they say. Movie companies in the case are Disney (DIS.N), Warner Bros(TWX.N), Sony Pictures Entertainment (6758.T), Twentieth CenturyFox, owned by News Corp (NWSA.O), Paramount Pictures, owned byViacom (VIAb.N), and Universal Studios, owned by the NBCUniversal media wing of General Electric Co (GE.N). They werejoined by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Reporting by David Lawsky, editing by Matthew Lewis) Stocks Media France.

According to Braves , Braves officials are not shooting down the idea of bringing back Greg Maddux for the second half of the season. While this may make for a good story — Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz all together again — it would be a waste of prospects for the Braves and it would leave their pitching rotation in the trash for 2009. Maddux and Glavine are expected to retire at the end of the season, so it would be smart to go out and add someone younger with more upside than Maddux.The Braves offense is pretty good, but if they do not have a solid number three, four, or five pitcher, they will not be able to seriously contend. Mark Teixeira is a free agent at the end of this season and it is possible the Braves could swing him in a deal for a pitcher. I doubt that will happen because the Braves hope to sign him long term, but if he continues to under perform it is a possibility. This offseason, the Braves need to go after a front-of-the-line starter to back up Tim Hudson.

Jon Garland would be a good fit, mostly because he is young, healthy, and a switch to the NL should benefit him.I talked with GM Frank Wren recently, and he has a plan to start with pitching and defense to get the Braves back into playoff contention. This article is also featured on . Well Cinderella’s ball ended a little closer to Carrie than to the fairytale ending we expected.Nelson Figueroa, the Mets feel good story of the year, had his dream cut short as he was designated for assignment along with Jorge Sosa (woohoo!).Wait, who did the Mets call up? Vargas? You mean from Seinfeld? And what’s that? He’s starting on Wednesday? Didn’t we try something like this against the Nationals at the end of September? How’d that work out?So the Mets reinstated Matt Wise, called up Claudio Vargas and Fernando Tatis Hopefully Wise can do more than Sosa As for Vargas and Tatis, I don’t expect anything. Tatis was called up as the Mets placed Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL, so Tatis is on borrowed time anyway.A win will make us forget the debacle of last night, but another loss will send Mets Lifers into a tailspin. These are the Washington Nationals for crying out loud! Possibly the worst hitting team in the majors.Anyway, Nelson Figueroa, it was fun for a while, and I guess your family is going to have a tough time getting those box seats again any time soon. This article is also featured on Mets Lifers. The Ducks could not repeat this year, even with bolstered talent and even more rough play. Undisciplined penalties killed the Ducks against the up-and-coming Stars. It seemed like every minute the refs arm was up and a frustrated Duck was skating towards the sin bin.

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