Rio leaves the MP3 player business · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave marks the closure of Rio as the loss of an early revolutionary portable MP3 player line whose 1998 legal battle helped force the industry to confront digital music distribution. He concludes that technical importance cannot keep a company alive when the business never becomes profitable.
This excerpt runs from 0:59.202 to 3:30.174 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2005-08-27. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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