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Real made a deal to have RealPlayer used for broadcasts.
MLBAM are breaching the contract.

Real depend on the revenue gleaned from the MLBAM
broadcasts and similar deals. They also need the
broadcasts to help maintain their market presence. TV
companies pay to broadcast the same stuff to generate
advertising revenue.

By "giving away" media player by bundling it with Windows,
MS are stopping Real from making money selling their
player. By using their massive war chest to steal Reals
customers, MS are cutting off Real's only income stream.

What's not to understand?
Posted by: Fred Fredrickson   Posted on: 03/12/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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now they're suing their customers  JosePinchero | 03/09/04
Why not  Squawkbox | 03/09/04
Because  Fred Fredrickson | 03/12/04
Who cares?  rdwhitti | 03/09/04
They are NOT suing customers,  kd5auq | 03/09/04
They are NOT suing customers  seosamh_z | 03/09/04
It would take a lawsuit  FilledOut | 03/09/04
i dunno what's more silly...  ryusen | 03/09/04
3 year contract signed March 2001 is up!  Confused by religion | 03/09/04
Remedial reading 101 coming up...  Confused by religion | 03/09/04
maybe he learned them from his former employer... *joke* (nt)  ryusen | 03/09/04
Business 101?  Fred Fredrickson | 03/12/04
Why are companies choosing WMP over RP or QT?  mlindl | 03/10/04
Its better for them  StorageGuru | 03/10/04
MS pay OEMs to install their products?  Fred Fredrickson | 03/12/04

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