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Hilary Rosen Gripes About iPod, iTMS

Posted by timothy on from the now-we-just-need-to-establish-your-price dept.

mijkal writes "Hilary Rosen, the former RIAA CEO and chairwoman, has spoken out against Apple's "lock-in" with iPod and the iTunes Music Store." From the article: "The problem is that the iPod only works with either songs that you buy from the on-line Apple iTunes store or songs that you rip from your own CD's." Ironically, she appeals to consumer rights and anti-monopoly tactics."

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  1. Girlfriend by fembots · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The new iPod my girlfriend gave me is a trap"

    Completely offtopic, but Hilary is a female name, right? So what gives? My tiny brain does not understand.

    Imagine if Jobs said "The new Creative Zen Micro my boyfriend gave me is teh crap"

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  2. Re:Irony? Dripping with molten iron! by The+Bungi · · Score: 1, Troll
    I dunno. Maybe you're a consumer now. Or just another cyberslut.

    Perhaps she's complaining because she doesn't follow the party line that permeates your world - namely that customer lock-in and DRM are bad only when they come from Microsoft or someone else, but A-OK when they come from Apple.

    I agree that she's not exactly the best person in the world to stand up for customer rights, but she does make that point, I think.

    Maybe you didn't catch that, though you seem to have read the whole thing. Score one for highly selective cognisance.

    I love that someone modded you up to +5 though.