If they don't have better things to do but to track that type of thing, what does it matter, they spam most of us full of junk we don't want anyway. It seems that my 26.4 connection I obtain with my 56k modem won't pull in a realaudio stream too well anyway, at least shows like computalk, doctor laura, etc. I can get shoutcast streams, for the most part, with little or no breakup, although those streams have low sound quality, especially music. Main menu is good though, I can listen to it with only a breakup or two when I first turn it on, and clear as ever after that. I just downloaded real so I could play files I may receive in real format, or to compare it to freeamp or mpg123, but of course the two free players seem better in my opinion for mp3, although now I'm experimenting with the listen program of icecast because it prebuffers, but it often stops playing a ways after I start. At 09:17 AM 7/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >Normally what a company does about redistribution of an otherwise free >product is send a cease and desist order first. This has qorked to open >dialog about fixing problems on a page before. Idon't remember what list >it was on but last year someone on a blind related list went through the >process with broadcast.com. In the end it was agreed that he could send >all the links via email to friends, but not leave his page with the links >bypassing the ads up for all to see. They also wanted to make sure he >wasn't modifying them to skip the 30 second comercial proceeding the real >stuff if memory serves correctly. > >Some companies won't worry about the publicity figuring that it won't be >too bad. They may figure you will only get regional coverage and people >forget things quickly anyway. > >-- >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net >------------------ > >Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
