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Norway Outlaws iTunes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the run-out-of-town dept.

haddieman notes that while many people are getting more and more annoyed at DRM, Norway actually did something about it. The PC World article explains: "Good intentions, questionable execution. European legislators have been giving DRM considerable attention for a while, but Norway has actually gone so far as to declare that Apple's iTunes store is illegal under Norwegian law. The crux of the issue is that the Fairplay DRM that is at the heart of the iTunes/iPod universe doesn't work with anything else, meaning that if you want access to the cast iTunes library, you have to buy an iPod."

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  1. Apple has a choice by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    haddieman notes that while many people are getting more and more annoyed at DRM, Norway actually did something about it.

    It sounds like they've decided it's either Norway or the Highway.

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  2. Oblig by mastershake_phd · · Score: 3, Funny

    If iTunes is illegal, only criminals with have iTunes.

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  3. Forget Norway!! by dogbrt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kenya Kenya Kenyaaaaa....

  4. Re:Good! by ePhil_One · · Score: 4, Funny
    it's because it forces you to use specific hardware.

    You can use the Nano, the Shuffle, the Mini, the Photo, the Video, etc. And not just Apple iPod's, but Hp iPod's too. Not to mention bot PC's and Mac's, which Plays4Sure can't. What is specific about that?

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  5. Steve's response by Skidge · · Score: 2, Funny
    Here's what Steve has to say about it:

    Okay, Norway. You want to play hardball? Saddle up the reindeer, strap some body armor over your queer-ass Dale sweaters, wrap your pretentious scarf tight around your chicken neck, and meet us on the field of battle.
    ;)
  6. More like Snoreway by azakem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only in Kenya can you see lions.

  7. Re:Good! by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny
    playsforsure is compatible with all sorts of hardware.
    Except the Zune.
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  8. Incorrect by Ahnteis · · Score: 4, Funny

    WMA can be licensed for all kinds of devices, and I suspect that Sony would be overjoyed to license the file format.

    Zune--probably, but the 3 people who own one haven't made much of a fuss yet.

    1. Re:Incorrect by Anonymous+Cowpat · · Score: 4, Funny

      3? It was 2 last week! Who's the sucker?

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    2. Re:Incorrect by leothar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe Bill got another one so that he could try that cool music sharing?

    3. Re:Incorrect by Doctor+Faustus · · Score: 4, Funny

      3? It was 2 last week! Who's the sucker?
      Don't worry, he's running a Linux file server on it.