Apple, Orange and Frogs

hvpz

hvpz

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I'm reading various forums and these last days (not on this forum, of course) , I saw too many sentences like :

"I hate DRM but I hate France too",
"I love apple and I hate those French bastards"
"Give me back my freedom fries"
"I don't drink wine but they really piss me off"
"Where's my B'52, I need to go to Paris"
etc...

(You can just take regular air companies to come here but from may to september, this is not a good idea. Too many people especially if you hope to be the only US guy in the metro)

What is very surprising is that most of this people are not informed and seemed not interested to be.

So, I decided to write this little text to explain what was exactly the purpose of this law.
Nota : I'm not pro or con this law.

So this law is consumer-oriented and mainly say :

a°) If you buy a digital content, whatever it is, you have the right to play/display it on the hardware of your choice. So, this law wants to enhance interoperability between digital content providers.
If you buy an song with itunes music store, you must be able to play it on another player than an ipod.

b°)DRM are legal and you can't remove them (if you can !!)

So this is all this law is saying (mainly)


You can be pro or con, of course but I don't think you have to hate somebody for that.

Is really Apple concerned ? No, because in most Euro countries, the currency exchange rate is :
1 dollar = 1 euro.

The result : Ipod's familly is much more expensive than others brands.

So, why all this mess ?

And it could be even possible that Apple will have a bigger market share here if people can buy songs from others music store (french artists/bands are not very present on iTunes)

To conclude :
My sister bought an ipod one year ago and the ipod crushed during she was moving to his new appartment last week. She bought several song on iTunes music store and now she can't use it on another player.
But she knew she was an "Apple's 'hostage'", so she can't complain.

Et, voilà !

:)
 
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The law is really a joke imo. Forcing a company to break open their proprietary product just so others can steal it is wrong. Apple doesn't hold a monopoly on the market. There are plenty of other players out there, and plenty of non-itunes mp3 files people can load onto them. If people don't want to use itunes content, don't buy it. But why try to pass legislature forcing a company's hand?

I'll stop, before it gets political.
 
Kai, is right. I hate when people ask me well can't you put song only for itunes on your ipod. No you can put any song from anyware on your ipod. Itunes is one option. And frankly the best option out there right now. I have about 95% of my songs on my ipod didn't come from iTunes. To force a comapny to share its source code is just stupid. I like to see them try this with microsoft.. If I was apple I would leave france then. And then when all the french are pissed that they don't have ipods or itunes will see if the law makers are so up in arms to see the sources code
 
This law doesn't mention Apple all content providers can be concerned.

Only one thing makes me really nervous : it's when I buy an CD and I can't listen on my computer for example but that's another story.
 
kai said:
The law is really a joke imo. Forcing a company to break open their proprietary product just so others can steal it is wrong. Apple doesn't hold a monopoly on the market. There are plenty of other players out there, and plenty of non-itunes mp3 files people can load onto them. If people don't want to use itunes content, don't buy it. But why try to pass legislature forcing a company's hand?

I'll stop, before it gets political.
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Agreed! I don't understand why people want to tear a company apart just because they can't illegally share thier music or use it on other players, usually for reasons they shouldn't be. Many people that buy iPods are just fine and happy with only playing their music on their iPod. That's why they got it!
 
hvpz said:
Is really Apple concerned ? No, because in most Euro countries, the currency exchange rate is :
1 dollar = 1 euro.
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:shocked: Where? Where? I'm paying $1.20 / Euro (roughly)
 
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