Apple should license Fairplay to any mp3 player company interested for $999,999,999. Problem solved.Seriously, if you want to make tons of money in the mp3 player business, make a killer product. Don't go riding on someone else's coattails.
Okay. I can digg (puntastic!) this, as long as every other music store (in France at least) is forced to make their music available in a non-WMA format for iPods...
"my music is my music and i CAN (legally) do anything I want with it."Well, no, you can't. There are a number of things you can't do with "your" music. You can't play it in a commercial setting, say as background music at a restaurant. You can't sample the music and use it in another musical piece. Not to mention the fact that music companies would like to take away your right to burn backups, convert for use on an MP3 player, etc..
How so? A company has every right to sell a service that works with its products. Is France going to force Microsoft to release Office for Linux? Or Sony to make Xbox 360 games?This is just France hating on a company that is American, which they feel is infiltrating on their beloved little square of culture on the planet. Apple will just pull iPods like they did already once before.
Agreed, Decryptor, all these articles are focusing on Apple but the truth is that ALL online music services currently use some form of DRM which prohibits playing of their music on some devices. So, the only way for companies to comply would be to sell DRM-free content -- which would be fricken awesome for consumers -- but of course that'll never happen because the record labels are the ones that demand the DRM in the first place. France may become a music-free zone if this goes through, which certainly may be interesting. ;-)
godricMar 20, 2006
Apple should license Fairplay to any mp3 player company interested for $999,999,999. Problem solved.Seriously, if you want to make tons of money in the mp3 player business, make a killer product. Don't go riding on someone else's coattails.
fitzyMar 21, 2006
I bet Apple just won't sell in france...
andrewhamannMar 21, 2006
Okay. I can digg (puntastic!) this, as long as every other music store (in France at least) is forced to make their music available in a non-WMA format for iPods...
ethergnatMar 21, 2006
"my music is my music and i CAN (legally) do anything I want with it."Well, no, you can't. There are a number of things you can't do with "your" music. You can't play it in a commercial setting, say as background music at a restaurant. You can't sample the music and use it in another musical piece. Not to mention the fact that music companies would like to take away your right to burn backups, convert for use on an MP3 player, etc..
Closed AccountMar 21, 2006
How so? A company has every right to sell a service that works with its products. Is France going to force Microsoft to release Office for Linux? Or Sony to make Xbox 360 games?This is just France hating on a company that is American, which they feel is infiltrating on their beloved little square of culture on the planet. Apple will just pull iPods like they did already once before.
cheesy_1Mar 21, 2006
I agree, Apple will shut down the iTMS in France before doing this. Screw those guys.
dignonMar 21, 2006
Agreed, Decryptor, all these articles are focusing on Apple but the truth is that ALL online music services currently use some form of DRM which prohibits playing of their music on some devices. So, the only way for companies to comply would be to sell DRM-free content -- which would be fricken awesome for consumers -- but of course that'll never happen because the record labels are the ones that demand the DRM in the first place. France may become a music-free zone if this goes through, which certainly may be interesting. ;-)
kenz0rMar 26, 2006
what's your reasoning?