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August 12, 2005 Microsoft gets the nod from the patent office on user interface concepts for digital music players. Plus: The ring tone's the thing. TAGS: patent office, digital music player, online music, music player, digital music, Apple iPod, cell phone, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.

March 24, 2005 Consumers are finding ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks and paid services to swap songs, study shows. TAGS: P2P, online music, Kazaa, music, song, Apple Computer, broadband, MP3 player, Apple iPod, MP3, video

August 5, 2004 Online music store files a complaint, claiming that Apple's refusal to license FairPlay, the copy protection in iPod, harms competition. TAGS: E-Data, TIBCO Software Inc., Apple Computer, online music company, Apple iPod, online music, RealNetworks Inc., copy protection, representative

April 2, 2004 Long-delayed technology is close that could help fill portable music players with thousands of songs for as little as $10 a month. TAGS: portable music player, music player, online music, copy protection, digital media, Apple Computer, song, music, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod

July 12, 2006 Sun Labs Engineering Director Tom Jacobs says there's a way to avoid working under government directive. TAGS: bureaucracy, interoperability, digital-rights management, online music company, France, legislation, online music, Apple iTunes, rule, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Computer, Apple iPod

December 6, 2005 RealNetworks' chief says refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pigheadedness." TAGS: Rob Glaser, RealNetworks Inc., Steve Jobs, digital music, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Apple Computer, online music, Apple iPod, CEO, song, conference, Apple iTunes, music, Microsoft Corp.

December 13, 2006 Report shows declining iTunes sales, but it was based on data from fewer than 200 U.S. households and warns of drawing conclusions. TAGS: Forrester Research Inc., household, digital music, Apple iTunes, conclusion, online music, survey, Apple Computer, song, U.S., music, Apple iPod

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