SEATTLE, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RealNetworks(R), 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.
NOTE: 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.
SOURCE RealNetworks, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Erika Shaffer, Director of PR of
RealNetworks, Inc., +1-206-892-6191, or eshaffer@real.com
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