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Not an accurate analogy ...

'When you bought an iPod, it wasn't crippled for the hacked DRM Real tunes, because they didn't yet exist. A firmware (software) update later broke this functionality. So in some ways, the end result is not all that different.'

Actually it is. For MS (or anyone else) to do the equivalent, they would actually have to flash the bios on your PC to break compatability, which isn't exactly the same thing. I mean, you can make whatever changes you want to your software, but do not start f**king with MY hardware.

'If you have a business and you have a clear advantage, you'd be a fool not to milk that advantage as far as you can legally.'

That seems to be the conservative mindset anyway -morals/ethics only seem to matter in the bedroom, not in the boardroom.
Anyway, I don't understand Apple's beef with Real's codec. They want to sell iPods ... that's the whole reason why iTunes exists, AFAIK. Having other codecs work on the device would only increase sales I would think.

Posted by: worknman   Posted on: 01/12/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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