Realplayer + NetMD = sticking it to the man (Score 1)

In Sony's Open MG Software (for use with Net MD minidisc players), you can only copy the same track to your MD player 3 times and have to use a 'check-in, check-out' system. To circumvent this you don't use some l33t open source sw that some dude is his basement wrote. No! Realplayer comes with a neat plugin that writes direct to your MD player and means you don't have to check in tracks at all. I've always wondered how Real got away with that? Why would Sony let them impelement that feature? I still hate the bloat, but I use Realplayer quite frequently because of the plugin