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."

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Re:Confusing the device provider w/content provide

[plasmacutter]

The problem is the music industry does not allow anyone else to sell in a less restricted format.

And cd's are not an example of this, they now contain some of the most virulent DRM ever produced. Since they are not encrypted they now come bundled with software which roots your system and incapacitates it to varying degrees based on which company made it.. and no i'm not just talking about XCP/sony rootkit drm either..