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  • Could someone remind me how much, on average, artists get from each iTMS sale, and why Apple removed "fair to the artists" from their website?
    in allofmp3.com Comment by welder August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by MPMoriarty - Samba is free and open source (no one is profiting off of it) Lots of companies are profiting from Samba. To name a few: Apple, IBM, RedHat, Novell and Sun. The FairPlay implementation that Real most…
    in We need Fairplay DRM version 2.0 Comment by welder August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison Sony's done fine with SACD encryption. Meridian has done fine with DVD-Audio. and the DVDCCA was doing fine with CSS until DVD became popular. Being alive doesn't mean one is immortal.
    in We need Fairplay DRM version 2.0 Comment by welder August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by sparhawk While Real might not intend to do the latter, they did anyway. No, they did not. Real is adding FairPlay DRM, not removing (like playfair/hymn).
    in Apple heated over Real's Harmony Comment by welder August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by TednDi Real will disable your purchased music if you don't fork over your monthly fee. As a consumer I would rather choose a lower bit rate over a lifetime of locked in music. You're confusing Real Rhapsody (the str…
    in Real Music Store is now iPod compatible Comment by welder July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by kim kap sol I did. And Microsoft did nothing about it. So I'm guessing they're fine with it. Maybe if, on day, Samba's reverse-engineering of SMB brought a problem to the table or prevented Microsoft from getting …
    in Fairplay licensing Comment by welder July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison Hmmm that's an interesting bit of semantics. It's not semantics. By your logic, Founder Technology and Hewlett-Packard were the first FairPlay licensees.
    in Fairplay licensing Comment by welder July 2004
  • Motorola has not licensed FairPlay. Motorola and Apple have entered into an agreement where Apple will create a "mini-iTunes" for cellphones. From the press release: Quote: Apple will create a new iTunes mobile music player, which Motorola will ma…
    in Fairplay licensing Comment by welder July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by TednDi Apple has struck a bargain with the RIAA which allows us a fair degree of freedom for our purchased online music (5 computers 7 burns of playlists unlimited ipods) A REAL future might be only 1 computer and n…
    in Real Music Store is now iPod compatible Comment by welder July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Dave K. How is any kind of reverse engineering not illegal? MacOS X supports Windows Networking/Filesharing through Samba, a product created through reverse engineering. Have you informed Microsoft of this? Quote…
    in Real Music Store is now iPod compatible Comment by welder July 2004