CNN now charges $12.99 a month for video as part of the Real SuperPass package from RealNetworks Inc. The site is switching to rival Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Player 9 to deliver the free video...

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Even from this "teaser" that many of the "big" media outlets are touting today it is somewhat obvious that they don't really mean the same definition of the word "free" that the rest of us do when we use the word.

Conditions still apply! (ESPECIALLY "windows media player 9" which may as well be synonymous with "DRM infected".)

Why can't the major media just go back to the old days of sticking a few ads on there and just letting it go?