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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. useless first... by corpsiclex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post.

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  2. 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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  3. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this wasn't new yesterday when I submitted a story about it, but now the cNet has picked it up 24 hours later it is? Yay, Slashdot!

    I might also point out, it's not just "Apple zelots" who hate Real and were posting negative feedback. Windows and Linux users hate Real, too!

  4. Can you say "astroturfing"? (n/t) by wiredog · · Score: -1, Offtopic


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  5. 65th Post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dedicated to that cute little girl Milton.

  6. 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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