EU Officials Cautious on AntiTrust Issues

An anonymous reader writes "News.com has a piece up looking at reactions from EU officials to the iTMS antitrust case. The individuals involved are wary of cracking open the DRM that protects the music sold at the iTunes Music Store." From the article: "One of the most outspoken government advocates on the issue is Norwegian consumer ombudsman Bjorn Erik Thon, who said he would act soon depending on how Apple responds to a letter the government had sent the company. If Apple can require an iPod for songs via iTunes, then music, book and film companies might restrict their products to specific players too, he said."

Comments

Re:Because you HAVE to buy from iTunes

[Phillup]

Not only do you have to buy from iTunes... but, what you purchase will only work on a iPod.

So, if you want to listen to it with your computer... any computer mind you... you are out of luck!

They should at least give you the option of converting the songs to a "regular" CD that would play anywhere a "normal" CD would!!

</sarcasm>