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Rhapsody Music Service Now iPod Compatible

By Alexander Grundner | July 26th, 2004 - 8,893 Views


Real is about to win over some new converts with the announcement of their ingenious “Harmony” software plug-in that converts Rhapsody purchased music files into compatible DRM-protected FairPlay files for iPod playback. For those unfamilair, FairPlay is the digital rights management standard Apple uses to protect songs from unauthorized copying and playback.

“A spokesman for Real said its engineers worked out a way for its files to be compatible with FairPlay solely through analysis of publicly-available information. The new software will recognize MP3 players as they are connected to the user’s computer, convert the DRM wrapping around the file as appropriate and then copy the song to the device. A test or “beta” version of the software will be available on Tuesday.”

News Link: Staff, “RealNetworks Upgrades Software for iPod,” Reuters, July 26, 2004.

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Alexander Grundner is the Editor & Publisher of eHomeUpgrade. He has been following "Digital Home" developments since 2003. He's a fan of Ubuntu, Android, open source software, and cross-platform industry standard technologies related to media, networking, and the web. You can catch his daily tech musings on Twitter: @agrundner.
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