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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."
Well, South Korea is part of Europe according to the average American's knowledge of geography! ;)
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The good of humanity? HE INVENTED THE ONE BUTTON MOUSE, for heaven's sake! I'd rather have a dozen, a hundred bureaucrats than that evil demonic tool!
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Its only 128, but its a great deal for what has become 150 gigabytes of trance and ambient electronica.
The best part is, the encoding artifacts sound just like the music!
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