Real DRM

Cinematique writes "C|Net is reporting that RealNetworks has released a format-independent Digital Rights Management software called Helix DRM. Real states that MP3, AAC, and even OGG can now be released with a DRM wrapper. And this is groundbreaking how? More importantly, do they expect content producers and consumers alike to really adopt this?"

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AOL Requires Real

[TheReckoning]

I finished building a Windows machine for my brother the other day, and he uses AOL. So I installed the AOL 8.0 CD (you can imagine how hard it was for me to run that setup program deliberately), and to my surprise, one of the hundred Real pieces of software were installed (Real Player? Real One? I don't remember).

So I uninstalled it ASAFP, and then AOL bitched that it wasn't present so I reinstalled it.

That along with the MANY directories full of shite sofware AOL put on the machine (without my permission), makes me hate AOL all the more.

And now they've screwed up Winamp, by releasing the 3.0 bloatware version that takes a good 5 seconds to load on a 933MHz PIII. That's inexcusable. They've screwed up everything they've touched.

Re:Obnoxious

[jericho4.0]

Troll=4, Insightful=1, Informative=2, Funny=1, Overrated=1, Underrated=3, Total=12.

What a fantastic collection of mods!!! You must be very proud.

For those of you who appear not to know. This post is 'offtopic'. The parent was not a troll, although it wasn't very polite. And this is not a flamebait, jerkass!!!! Ok, now it is, but it wasn't until then.

Why can't you people mod up instead of down??