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 Für europäische Begriffe ist der Umgang von US-Fimen mit
 der Privatsphäre von Mitarbeitern oder Kunden gemeinhin
 brutal. Das hochgradig unverschämte Vorgehen von
 Realnetworks hat dies wieder einmal demonstriert.
 
 Der nächste Schritt erfolgt kausaliter: die in Europa als
 raffgierig und brutal bekannten US-Anwaltskanzleien
 probieren ein möglichst großes Stück aus der Firma, die
 Millionen User ausspioniert hat, herauszureissen.
 Man nennt dies: Checks and Balances
 
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 The case was filed in the Federal District Court for the
 Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of RealNetworks'
 RealJukebox users, on the heels of revelations last month
 that the company had assigned globally unique identification
 numbers to its popular music listening software that could
 have been used to track its users without their knowledge.
 
 "This action is being filed on behalf of the millions of users of
 the RealJukebox software to obtain compensation and other
 relief for the violations of federal and state law," said Jonathan
 Shub, an attorney with Sheller Ludwig & Badey, which filed
 the case. "RealNetworks must be held accountable for its
 conduct."
 
 To quell privacy advocates' complaints and outcries by
 consumers, RealNetworks immediately disclosed the use of
 ID numbers and then offered a patch that would replace the
 IDs with zeroes in its audio listening products, RealJukebox
 and RealPlayer 7. The company also said that it doesn't
 associate the ID with any user's personal information or
 unique listening habits.
 ...
 As previously reported, Jeffrey Wilens, a RealJukebox user,
 filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit against the company
 in California Superior Court on grounds that RealNetworks'
 actions violated the state's unfair business practices law.
 
 Full Story
 http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1435099.html
 
 Previous Story
 http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=7493
 
 
 
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 published on: 1999-11-11
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