Apple 'Stunned' by RealNetworks IPod Move

Reuters ^ | July 29, 2004

[Leroy S. Mort]

"We're just stunned that someone figured out how to sell their music to play on OUR hardware". How very Apple-onian.

I feel the same way about this that I did about the Iran-Iraq war. This is two leftist-supporting companies duking it out. May there be many casualties and much loss of resources on Both sides.

[Hank Rearden]

"We love our 3% market share, and nobody will be allowed to make it bigger!"

Dorks.

[rintense]

I'd be suspect of the company that basically originated spyware too.

[Glenn]

May there be many casualties and much loss of resources on Both sides.

Perhaps you should go into competition with them. Surely someone with conservative leanings could put them both under in no time.

[krb]

I thought iPods played MP3 files. Someone please explain to me what the heck is going on.

[js1138]

I think Apple has more to fear from Apple Records. Twelve percent of their revenue from a market they agreed not to be in.

[Lost Highway]

"We love our 3% market share, and nobody will be allowed to make it bigger!"

Isn't that their official mission statement? It amazes me that they would rather have 3% market share just so they can feel superior.

[ThinkDifferent]

I don't like Real, but I see no problem with what they did here. Reverse engineering is perfectly legitimate.

[blanknoone]

RealNetworks Stuned Apple's Beeber.

[Leroy S. Mort]

I have a RIO MP3 player that plays CDRW disks. Cost me $49.99 and plays every bit as good as an iPawd at 5 times the price. Plus I don't have to think about Steve Jobs backhanding the mark-up on his little art museum piece to the Kerry campaign. Think Different.....

[Petronski]

After leaving Congress in 1995, [Washington Senator] Maria [Cantwell] joined a software start-up in Seattle. As Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at RealNetworks, she helped create 1,000 jobs in Washington state.

[Izzy Dunne]

Reverse engineering is perfectly legitimate.

Perhaps you should take another look at the DMCA laws. I think you're mistaken.

[Petronski]

RealNetworks Stuned Apple's Beeber.

I was just about to post that. LOL

[Not A Snowbird]

I knew a stuned beeber would work it's way into this thread... top 10!

[Petronski]

The DMCA bars reverse-engineering of cryptography.

[Theo]

Apple's music products (iPod and iTunes) are quite a bit above 3% of their respective markets. Estimates are that iPods account for 10-25% of the portable MP3 market, and iTunes accounts for 70% of the online music download market.

About 4% of personal computers are Apple brand. You'll notice if you look closely that most of those who make money from music and video use Macs.

[Hank Rearden]

If they think they're stunned now, just wait until Janus drops a nuke on their 'Pod this fall. They're going to wet themselves.

[N3WBI3]

Apple said once its iPod software is updated it is "highly likely" that RealNetworks files "will cease to work with current and future iPods."

This will keep apple in the 3 percent area, they were hoping to use iPods as a push off point for their other products (integration). Sadly this will be declared a violation of the DRM (or should be they way it has been applied).

[avg_freeper]

I'm saving up for my iBeeber.

[Hank Rearden]

Watch and see what Janus does to those wispy-goateed Kerry voters at Apple.