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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."
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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?
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Almost all of the European consumer orgs are up to their arse in Microsoft software. Some of them even have their instructions in Windows Media, making them useless for everyone not using Windows.
The only reason for them to react is that they now for the first time have a file or two they can't use directly with their all-Microsoft system. Probably something they pirated from their kids.
Fuck them.