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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. Apple zealots slam Real's iPod campaign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At least that's the headline on Google News' front page:

    link

  2. Real's Revenge by TheSpoom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Apple Zealot: Go away, Real, you're ruining Apple's business plan with your crappy sof[...BUFFERING...]

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    It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
    - E. Debs
  3. Re:Hello? Reading comprehension? by Ahnteis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Once more kiddies, there is a difference between REMOVING protection and making a COMPATIBLE protection.