I like Apple. I own a Mac. But I'm no fanboy. Apples are expensive, slower than PCS, etc. But I still use my 5 year-old G3. Over the years I think we've all seen people tangle with Apple. It's a dangerous company to mess with.
And personally, hating Real as much as I do, I certainly don't wish them success. Glaser is a hippocrite for wanting to steal Apple's IP but not wanting Apple to steal theirs. It is a two-way street.
Did you not read the part where they tried to license Apple's DRM and Apple refused? How about the part where Real would be *happy* to license to Apple? He'd be quite happy with the 2-way street.
"Stealing Apple's IP" is pure, unmitigated bullshit. They simply created software that would allow non-Apple music to play on an iPod. The horror!
How about the part where Real would be *happy* to license to Apple?
Why should Apple ask to license from Real? It's not like Real got permission or paid anything to license. It's OK because real asked firat? Why should Apple have to pay Real?
But *why* would Apple even want to license Real? What benefit would they get from that? Seems that Apple likes having people use iTunes to buy music for thier iPod, rather than have that portion of revenue siphoned off by Real. So I am sure Robbie would just be giddy cross-licensing, it does Apple little good. Everyone I know with an iPod already has non-Apple songs on thier iPod, so they didn't "simply create software that would allow non-Apple music on an iPod", they created software that would al
Well of course competition is good for the consumer, and I am all for it; however there has got to be some structure/rules in place that allow a company to maintain some type of return on thier investment. Otherwise, whats the point of starting a business? There is only so much altruism in the world..
And while I am a fan of apple products, I would move on quickly for a better product. I could steal every song I wanted however I choose to support those artists/companies/"insert entity here", that I l
--"Stealing Apple's IP" is pure, unmitigated bullshit. They simply created software that would allow non-Apple music to play on an iPod. The horror! --
That's not what they did at all...
iPods natively support several formats without DRM including uncompressed AIF, MP3 and AAC.
What Real did was create software that allowed them to sell DRM 'protected' media using Apple's DRM wrapper. The competitive advantage Real is trying to deprive Apple of is Apple's hitherto unique ability to sell protected music to
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And personally, hating Real as much as I do, I certainly don't wish them success. Glaser is a hippocrite for wanting to steal Apple's IP but not wanting Apple to steal theirs. It is a two-way street.
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"Stealing Apple's IP" is pure, unmitigated bullshit. They simply created software that would allow non-Apple music to play on an iPod. The horror!
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Why should Apple ask to license from Real? It's not like Real got permission or paid anything to license. It's OK because real asked firat? Why should Apple have to pay Real?
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They probably wouldn't.
What I don't understand is all the Apple fanboys getting bent out of shape about this. They're more loyal to APPLE than THEMSELVES! Sad.
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That's not what they did at all...
iPods natively support several formats without DRM including uncompressed AIF, MP3 and AAC.
What Real did was create software that allowed them to sell DRM 'protected' media using Apple's DRM wrapper. The competitive advantage Real is trying to deprive Apple of is Apple's hitherto unique ability to sell protected music to
Re:Piss of Apple, wait for the revenge (Score:2)