Real Pays For Legal MP3 Playback On Linux

Posted by timothy on Monday January 24, 2005 @12:31AM from the stepping-up-to-the-plate dept.

kforeman (aka Kevin Foreman, GM of Helix RealNetworks, Inc.) writes "As part of the free RealPlayer 10 for Linux, Real has paid Thomson for a legal MP3 playback license and then includes it at no cost as part of the newly released RealPlayer 10. As I speak to people, many are under the false impression that MP3 playback patent and royalty rights are free, since there are open source implementations of MP3 playback available. Not true. Nonetheless, we are glad to do our part of making the Linux desktop a first class citizen by legally providing MP3 playback to users via our new RealPlayer."

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huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-24 00:36 · Score: 0, Redundant

huh? hasnt mp3 always been free?
on Linux? by dioscaido · 2005-01-24 00:52 · Score: 0, Redundant

What's this talk of Real Player on Linux? I thought Linux didn't suffer from adware!
That's what we've all been waiting for by Living+WTF · 2005-01-24 01:40 · Score: 0, Redundant

"buffering..." under Linux

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