RealNetworks rep to Linux: DRM or die!

I have already cancelled my Rhapsody subscription as of June unless they start supporting Linux MORE. It is not enough to just be able to play songs. Make it the same across the board; such as playlists, purchases, etc. Until then, it is still not equal playing field. To say nothing for only Firefox 1.0-only support.

if you want to play that way, then

goodbye real

Let me get this straight - "If you don't build in restrictions to prevent your users from using this stuff we won't buy your stuff, and we'll take our ball and go home?" Gosh, no RealNetworks on Linux? I'm broken-winded. Uh, I mean hearted.

I really think these people need to get the clue that NOBODY but them wants Digital Restrictions Management. (And I think they'll make a lot more money if they quit wasting their efforts trying to prevent us from using their stuff and just make quality material at a price that's comfortable to pay...no point in hunting through illegal P2P feeds to find a bad copy of a movie when you can buy a full-quality original for $5.00...)

Real? Oh yes.. that's the app that keeps getting in the way of any rpm downloads I attempt.

Deleted a long time ago (and Helix as well)...

"If you don't build in restrictions to prevent your users from using this stuff we won't buy your stuff, and we'll take our ball and go home"

Well, Real, here's your hat and here's your coat, what's your hurry?

RealNetworks -- don't let the door hit you in your sorry, sell-out ass on the way out. Go play with Bill.

> Go play with Bill.

Well, that's the problem you see. Bill doesn't want to play. Real wants to bring their own ball, and Bill is the only one allowed to have balls in the games he plays.

broken-winded. :D

"Linux would be further relegated to use in servers and business computers, since it would not be providing the multimedia technologies demanded by consumers.""

he means forced and shoved down our throats

I will not buy or view anything that has drm.

no one is demanding that the media companies be in charge of our computers with drm and tell us what we can do with their crap that we spend our hard earn money on.

her forgets that we don't need the fscking movies and television crap they spew out. in fact our lives would be better off without it. nothing beats a book - I can take it with me and view as many fricken times I want without paying any middlemen.

all I say to them is no drm or you die.