France Weighs Forcing iPods to Play Other Than iTunes

Posted on March 17, 2006
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I think Steve Jobs is just the kind of guy that would pull iTunes from France in a big FU gesture on the bet that the iPod is far more popular in France than politicians in France.

France Weighs Forcing iPods to Play Other Than iTunes – New York Times: "A bill under debate in the French Parliament may require iPods to be able to play music purchased from competing Internet services, not just Apple Computer's own iTunes Music Store, forcing changes in the business model that gave rise to the revolution in legal digital music downloads."

UPDATE: Wow, here's a really interesting post that clarifies that the French proposal doesn't include the iPod interoperability sections at all, and in fact, strengthens the law with regard to DRM. Bummer.

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