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Post DateFri, 30 Jul 2004 - 08:52
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050523132751/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=222224
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Originally posted by wataru:
The possibility of Real licensing out their hack has been raised. Should Real be able to profit from Apple's technology without permission?
It's not Apple's technology. It's a technology that Real developed themselves which is made compatible with Apple's by reverse engineering.

If Apple's technology were somewhat innovative they could have patented it, and that would have somewhat protected them (though Real still would have the possibility developing something compatible using other techniques). They didn't and now Real has a compatible competing product. There's nothing wrong with that.

Fair competition is good.
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