Apple Hunts Playfair in India

An anonymous reader writes "A news posting at Sarovar.org says that they have to take down the 'PlayFair' program upon receiving a notice from Apple's attorneys. They are awaiting their attorneys' response. This is bad news for all those who appreciated this cool program. Let's hope that 'PlayFair' might appear in some other country now."

Comments

Et Tu, Apple?

[teamhasnoi]

Not that I'm surprised that Apple's chasing after this and other things that 'damage' their business, but it always disturbs me to hear about the army of Apple lawyers that descend on people when something isn't to their liking.

I don't recall MS sending out C&Ds like they are Christmas cards, but maybe they don't need to as MS has whores and drug pushers working directly with congress.

The undercurrent of control makes me wonder what Apple would be like if they ever deposed MS as market leader.

I love my mac, but don't want to be thrown in the gulag if I change a .plist file. Maybe Steve needs a vacation - relax, take in the scenery, enjoy a massage with a happy ending.

I'd like Apple to do well, but not at the loss of freedom to use my computer and the files I make and use with it.

Re:Fine by me.

[JudgeFurious]

Absolutely dead on fucking correct.

Every single person complaining about Apple doing this is irrelevant to the whole concept of iTunes. They're either flat out thieves who aren't going to be happy with anything that anyone on the face of the earth comes up with unless it gives them the "keys to the kingdom" with no questions asked or they're hair splitting posers who'll bitch about it on principle alone until the sun burns out.

The rest of us are buying our music and enjoying it and the almost invisible DRM that has to be there. End of story

Why are you championing this product?

[masonbrown]

Seriously, I welcome the fact that I can go and instantly buy a single song I heard and liked for 99 cents. The one thing that upsets me is that just because someone's being all bitchy about any DRM, this solution is possibly in jeopardy. If you want the song without DRM, go get it on some P2P network. Is there any song that's available on Apple's store that's not already available ripped straight from CD to MP3/OGG/MP4/WMA? The only thing this guy's doing is weakening Apple's ability to assuage the RIAA's fears about digital distribution, threatening the distribution medium and process altogether.

Re:A few thoughts

[black mariah]

This is a bullshit argument as well. Theft of services is still theft, yet nobody misses any PHYSICAL goods. "It's not theft, it's just an IP violation." is the dumbest goddamned thing I've ever fucking read. It's still illegal. Get the fuck over it.