[IP] RealNetworks responds to Apple
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From: Richard Pauli <rpauli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 30, 2004 7:39:12 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RealNetworks responds to Apple
Dave,
For IP - I like Real's response:
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2004/
harmony_statement.html
REALNETWORKS STATEMENT ABOUT HARMONY TECHNOLOGY AND CREATING CONSUMER
CHOICE
SEATTLE, July 29, 2004 — RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) is
delighted by initial consumer and music industry support for Harmony.
Compatibility, choice and quality are critically important to consumers
and Harmony provides all of these to users of the iPod and over 70
other music devices including those from Creative, Rio, iRiver, and
others. RealPlayer Music Store provides the highest sound quality of
any download music service. That's why so many consumers have welcomed
news of Harmony. Consumers, and not Apple, should be the ones choosing
what music goes on their iPod.
Harmony follows in a well-established tradition of fully legal,
independently developed paths to achieve compatibility. There is ample
and clear precedent for this activity, for instance the first IBM
compatible PCs from Compaq. Harmony creates a way to lock content from
Real's music store in a way that is compatible with the iPod, Windows
Media DRM devices, and Helix DRM devices. Harmony technology does not
remove or disable any digital rights management system. Apple has
suggested that new laws such as the DMCA are relevant to this dispute.
In fact, the DMCA is not designed to prevent the creation of new
methods of locking content and explicitly allows the creation of
interoperable software.
We remain fully committed to Harmony and to giving millions of
consumers who own portable music devices, including the Apple iPod,
choice and compatibility.
RealNetworks, RealPlayer, Harmony, and Helix are trademarks or
registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other companies or
products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
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