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Real Feels iTunes Backlash

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-else-happens-in-august dept.

BunkAsInBed writes "CNET reports RealNetwork's recent campaign against the iTunes music network that involved tactics like slashing the costs of their downloads in half, reverse engineering Apple's FairPlay format (Harmony), and recently an online petition and bulliten board have received the opposite reponse that was anticpated."

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  1. Zealotry by cephyn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    All the mac zealots are up in arms! Of course, many of the open source-standard protocol zealots need to speak up in defense of real...though it must hurt. where are ya'll?

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    Moo.
  2. Can you imagine... by cuerty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .. if there is a news on cnet every time that someone gets flamed on /. ?

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    >Linux is not user-friendly.
    It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.