"idg news service" Wrote: > > Earlier this year the Consumer Council of Norway asked the Consumer > Ombudsman in Norway to rule that Apple's DRM violates the Norwegian > Copyright Act because it hinders users from playing music that they buy > on the music player of their choice. "We consider this not to be what > Apple claims which is to restrict illegal copying but that it's used as > a tool to lock the consumer to Apple's product," said Torgeir > Waterhouse, a senior advisor on the Consumer Council. > > He said that while the Ombudsman agreed with the consumer council's > complaint, it also recognized that a change to Apple's DRM policy > constitutes a major change in the company's business model. Therefore, > this week, the Ombudsman asked Apple to reply by June 21 and offer its > view on its DRM policy before the Ombudsman makes a formal ruling on > the issue. >
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;20813694;fp;2;fpid;1 You'll find the original complaint here : http://forbrukerportalen.no/Artikler/2006/1149587055.44 The complaint covers the norwegian territories (and the other scandinavian countries that have joined in) so initially the rulings will only benefit the norwegian consumers. Of course the complaint and rulings very well could inspire similar actions elsewhere... -- water http://wa.terhou.se - 'http://werock.org' (http://www.werock.org) - 'http://nunmusic.com' (http://www.nunmusic.com) - 'my last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/torandwat/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ water's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=119 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24628 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
