iPod updates will disable playing RealNetworks tracks

Ruh roh, Raggy, this is fo' real: if you've purchased tunes from the RealRhapsody online music store to play on your iPod, you may be (pardon my French, mes amis) shit out of luck, according to CNET:

Apple Computer has quietly updated its iPod
software so that songs purchased from RealNetworks' online music store will no longer play on some of the Mac maker's
popular MP3 players
.

The move could render tunes purchased by many iPod owners unplayable on their music players. For the last four
months, RealNetworks has marketed its music store as the only Apple rival compatible with the iPod, following the
company's discovery of a way to let its customers play their downloaded tunes on Apple's MP3 player.

Apple hasn't mentioned the 'new feature' in any of its update notes, so depending on your iPod version, you may already be unable to play RealRhapsody tunes. Anybody here have any RealRhapsody tracks in their collection? Can you still play them? Please specify which iPod model you're using, as well. Thanks!!

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