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| Friday, July 30, 2004 |
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TechBrief: Competitor draws ire of Apple
Friday, July 30, 2004
Apple Computer said Thursday it was investigating whether RealNetworks violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act or other laws with new software that circumvents controls on the iPod music player to allow music downloads from sources other than Apple.
The iPod is designed to restrict music downloads to Apple's Web-based iTunes Music Store, the most popular legal music-download service, with more than 100 million songs sold.
The Harmony software of RealNetworks, available in a test version, enables customers to download songs from its Rhapsody service to many portable music devices, including the iPod.
Apple, said it was stunned that RealNetworks "adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into" the iPod. A telephone call to a RealNetworks spokeswoman was not immediately returned. (Bloomberg)
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