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EU Commissioner Slams Music Lock-In
Nonu writes "EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva has come out against DRM lock-ins like Apple's iPod-iTunes combo. Kuneva said she believes the tie-in that keeps music bought from the iTunes Store from playing on MP3 players other than the iPod was unreasonable. '"Do you find it reasonable that a CD will play in all CD players, but an iTunes song will only play on an iPod?" asked Kuneva. "It doesn't [seem reasonable] to me. Something must change."' The EU is in the midst of an effort to harmonize its consumer protection laws, and along with the question of DRM tie-ins it is also looking at mandating cooling-off periods during which customers could 'return' downloaded music."
You could... not buy one. It's not like the forced you to buy an ipod at gunpoint. fuck.
It appears, on the face of it, that this European bureaucrat is far smarter, and far more interested in her constituents' rights and freedoms than her American counterparts.
Maybe it's because there aren't multibillion dollar lobby groups in Europe working hard to corrupt and destroy their system of government? Of course, it always helps if you have a corrupt and criminal team running a country in the first place.
How many escape pods are there? "NONE,SIR!" You counted them? "TWICE, SIR!"
LG is not european faggot.