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[News] Zune to Face Uphill Battle Against Stupid Patents?

Could Zune face patent trouble right out of the box?

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| I've speculated that Zune's music sharing features could see a rocky
| road legally, or be so restricted as to make sharing irrelevant as a
| selling point for the fledgling device. It's really tough to put out a
| product these days without stepping on someone's patent, and Zune is
| no exception to that rule of 21st century business.
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http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/09/08/could-zune-face-patent-trouble-right-out-of-the-box/
http://tinyurl.com/h33np


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| "It's not going to happen with the Zune, it's going to be a closed
| architecture. You'll not be able to load tracks directly form online.
| You might be able to -- stream them from another device, but then who
| cares? I think it's going to be an utter disaster and failure."
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http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18352&hed=Linspire+Founder+on+Linux%2C+iPod%2C+Zune

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