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Re: RealPlayer etc.. for Linux.

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From: Graham Murray
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00
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In uk.comp.os.linux, "H.G.Kausch" <H.G.Kausch@dur.ac.uk> writes:

> By the way, on starting realplayer it wants to connect to a real.com
> registration site. (even if not requesting any remote real media files) 
> Does anyone know what information about myself/my machine is transmitted
> to real.com?

Which, at least for me, does not work. If you set your country to UK,
it disables entry into the "Regional Data" field, then when you press
the Finish button at the end, complains because the "Regional Data"
(which it would not allow you to set) is invalid.
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From: Graham Murray <graham@barnowl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer etc.. for Linux.
Date: 1999/06/15
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