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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 2 -- Real Networks Inc., maker of a popular software program for playing music on personal computers, has vowed to make changes in its product after a Boston-area programmer found that the company's software transmits information about users' music listening habits over the Internet.
Computer programmer and consultant Richard Smith of Brookline found that a Real Networks product called Real Jukebox collected the information without warning users. As a result, Smith said, the software could violate the privacy of millions of Internet users.
The New York Times published a story about Smith's discovery yesterday…
Source: HighBeam Research, Music-Software Firm to Provide Customers `Patch' for Internet Leak.