France vs. Apple: iTunes should become open-source?

Posted by hkwint on Jul 1, 2006 10:10 PM EDT
Playfuls.com; By Cyberlord
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French lawmakers have decided on Friday that companies which use DRM (digital rights management) technologies to protect music downloads will be required to provide information about their technology to competitors wishing to create interoperable systems. This could be a great step forward for all open-source programmers and users in the world.

[ Apple will probably simple withdraw iTunes from the French market, so nobody wins - hkwint ]

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Depends on which P.O.V. you take. r_a_trip 3 1,069 Jul 2, 2006 10:27 AM

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