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."

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Console games lockedto consoles, WMP windows only

[aristotle-dude]

Where has this guy been? Xbox games only play on Xboxes and PS2 games only play on PS2/PS3. Windows media player, WMA/WMV and playsforsure is windows only. The last time I checked, not all iPod owners buy from iTMS and not all people buying from iTMS have an iPod. Need I mention that iTunes is not locked into OS X?