WASHINGTON — After flirting with the idea of intervening in a case involving DVD copying, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed course and will stay out of the case for now. On Friday, Justice ...

The attorneys for the studios and the DVD association worked to unravel RealNetworks' case Thursday, calling their attempts a bunch of word games that ignore the larger intent of the scramble system.

The movie industry is represented in the case by a group called the DVD Copy Control Association. A spokesman for the group declined to comment, saying the attorneys handling the case had not yet ...