07-25-2009, 10:50 AM
richorlin wrote:
I'm not a lawyer and I certainly don't play one on TV but I don't see the legality of that action. Sounds like patent infringement to me...
How is that patent infringement? What patent is at issue?
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iTunes has legacy code in it from before the iPod that is explicitly designed to permit devices such as the original Archos music players to sync. Plugins going back to the origins of iTunes expand upon that utility by making iTunes "think" that one of those old music players is connected even where there's actually a modern music player attached.
Is it wrong to hook into that old code to sync modern music players?
If so, why?
If not then what makes Palm's masquerading as an iPod so different?