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Music-Software Firm to Provide Customers `Patch' for Internet Leak.

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| November 01, 1999 | Bray, Hiawatha | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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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…

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