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Apple Sued in France for iPod Music Royalties
alex_guy_CA writes "A musicians rights group in France is suing Apple Computer for back royalties due from iPod sales. It seems in France, all CDs, hard drives, and the like owe musicians money in case any of it is used for piracy. Only Apple isn't paying up." I want compensation from sales of Microsoft Windows just in case it is used for spreading viruses.
Q: Can the editors at /. let even one story go by without taking a pot-shot at Microsoft?
I want compensation from sales of Microsoft Windows just in case it is used for spreading viruses.
A: Apparantly not.
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What if we call it a Freedom iPod.... Will that help?
Yes, my girlfriend is a BitchX
On another note, cue the anti-french sentiment from a post-terror american centric peanut gallery...
Hey! Don't try to tie in anti-french sentiment, and post-terror americans!
Allow me to hate the french without any other connected properties you insensitive clod!
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Apple vs. France, France surrenders, Apple wins.
I'd gladly pay a few extra cents per CD or a few extra dollars for a HD to keep RIAA off my ass.
*doorbell rings*
Hello there, I'm from RIAA handing you a subpoena for online piracy. *smiles & holds out subpoena*
*smiles*
Hello there, here's the court's ruling on my case. *smiles even wider & holds out receipt showing piracy tax for CDR's*
Don't let the door hit you in the *winces* never mind.
'nuff said?
Don't park drunk, accidents cause people.
A musicians rights group in France is suing Apple Computer for back royalties due from iPod sales.
:)
Yeah, but who would pirate French music?
/*drunk.. fix later*/
Maybe they're upset because the French word for iPod is 'le iPod' and they want it changed to 'le computerfonografique' or something as equally stupid. You know how the French like to fight against their language being destroyed.
Which reminds me of that episode of Futurama, where the professors says he invented a translator for an incomprehensible dead language, says 'Hello' to it and hears, 'Bonjour.'
Of course, when artists start getting payment from legal users that presume compensation for when the devices are used for piracy, they're more or less waiving their moral claim to any damages for piracy since they've already been paid for that.
Pretty funny how this is always overlooked.
I couldn't agree more, I think I'll go download some music this afternoon. I mean, I already paid for it when I bought my 2 HDs, my Rio, my CD burner, my blank CDRs, etc.
I thought the french farmers did that for fun.
I think, actually, Microsoft could do something like that.
"You people are pissed off at us and our 'monopoly?' Fine. You can't have any more Windows. What's more, we're firing all our software engineers, sales and marketing professionals, secretaries, etc. and cashing out our stock."
The US would shit its pants, as would the EU. That'd be thousands of jobs lost, support ended, etc. etc.
I'd be amused.
I claim first use of "Error No. 0B" - or "No. 0B error." It'll be the new ID 10T!
Yeah probably these french musicians are suing Apple in Thailand over a french law. And the court ruling from Thailand will be applicable in all African countries.
If my native language would be one of the most beautiful languages in the world, I too would wan't everything named in my language.
And when combining france with the voice of Barry White, I could get laid by just telling what hardware is in my comp.
insular, arrogant attitudes
You are talking about france, right?
The French musicians will surrender...
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See, this is why I hate the french. I didn't understand a thing this guy just said, and I still think he sounded pretty wussy saying it.
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Americans have been laughing at the French since looooooong before 9/11
The Glorious French
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France has always been the target of jokes and insults by both Europe (especially GB) and America. They have a consistant loosing record in wars and require other nations help in getting their country back after loosing battles and being occupied. I think this stems back to WW I. Here's a thought. Maybe these crazy musicians in France should pass a law that taxes all of the countries arround them for owning a border on France because they could use their position to invade France and store pirated music on computer systems that are owned by the government after they loose another war!
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"There is no knowledge that is not power."
But at least that $25 was Canadian...
I object! I say that the United States has more screwy laws than any other place in the world. Just take a look at our stupid sex laws that are still on the books. Then there are the laws about where you can park your elephant and how big of a strap you can beat your wife with.
Fly me to the moon Let me sing among those stars Let me see what spring is like On jupiter and mars
Most European nations have hated France as policy for decades if not centuries. It's the national pastime in Britain and Germany. But just let the US make a joke about freedom fries, and suddenly it's "go away and find your own moron to pick on, this one is ours."
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
...don't get royalties on copies made, you insensitive clod!
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
That reminds me of a nice quote from A Prairie Home Companion on NPR a while back.
TR (JESSE): This is just the lowest of the low. These French. I've had it. I just want to say that if it weren't for us, these people would be speaking German today.
TR (ARNOLD): You say that like it's a bad thing.
SS: Mr. Chirac?
TR (CHIRAC): I remind them of the American Revolution. If it were not for the French, the Americans would be speaking English today.
TR (ARNOLD): Good point.
For every piece of blank media, we have to pay a tax that goes directly to the RIAA. That means whether or not you use blank media for pirating, you are being declared a pirate.
All "legal" downloading services for the RIAA use DRM Protection so that you can't pirate the music. So if you pay for the music, you are declared a pirate.
This means if you legally buy CD-R's and legally purchase music of iTunes or Napster, the RIAA still considers you a music pirate twice. Therefore if you legally burn your legally purchased music onto a CD-R, the RIAA considers you a super-pirate!!
... and in the DRM, bind them.
I like your clever and subtle use of the apostrophe.
The real irony stands from the fact that I have "Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, you Idiots" on my cubicle wall.
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Germany doesn't "hate" france. It loves it very much. So very much that from time to time it loves france so much that they take their soldiers on a tour through belgium just to see france!
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Sorry, we surely don't share the same humor, as I don't see what could be funny in WWII..
God damned right; my grandfather died in a concentration camp in Germany in WWII.
He fell out of a guard tower.