The trend is clearly toward digital rights. Napster's paid subscription service due in July, and RealNetworks' MusicNet service in late summer, will both restrict the uses of files. Huffman says the Intel unit will be updated for secure files when more of the industry starts using them. Fester blames problems with the Rio and WMA files on a recent decision by Rio to use RealJukebox as its audio software, instead of Microsoft's product. Microsoft's competitors, of course, would disagree.
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