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

Posted by hkwint on · 4 comments
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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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Apple will probably simple withdraw iTunes from the French market, so nobody wins - hkwint

If a DRM-ed music store is the holy grail of computing, yes, then France would lose.

I doubt if DRM is really necessary. It only serves to establish an illegal price fixing scheme. The media outfits are unwilling to sell their goods at the optimal price, therefore they need a scheme in which Free market forces are rendered moot.

The loss of iTunes in France would mean Freedom from coercion to the French people.
>The loss of iTunes in France would mean Freedom from coercion to the French people.

Not to mention freedom from an easy-to-use and convenient source of music that millions of people love.
Vive La France!

ouh c'est chaud chaud (especially their soccer team!)

Hey -- Those French Futballers are going great guns. Way to take it to Brazil.

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