Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Mar 2006 22:51 UTC
French lawmakers approved an online copyright bill Tuesday that would require Apple to break open the exclusive format behind its market-leading iTunes music store and iPod players. The draft law - which also sets new penalties for music pirates - would force Apple, Sony, and others to share proprietary copy-protection technologies so that rivals can offer compatible services and players. An analyst expects that Apple is more likely to leave the French market, than to open its format in France. My take: Just buy CDs. They play in every CD player, and have no weird restrictions. In case you forgot, CDs look like this.
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2006-03-22
Does anyone else view this as a sad direction for music to take? The tracks on a CD (from a reasonable artist) are not a random selection of songs...they constitute parts of a complete entity/experience. The current instant-gratification culture seems to have lost any previous depth.
Errmm....sorry if that was a bit of a diversion.