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Posted by NRen2k5 on 03/22/06 20:37
Technobarbarian wrote:
> "fred-bloggs" <fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:44205bd1$0$14615$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/eb226ae6-b90b-11da-b57d-0000779e2340.html
>> http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1133
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>> <quote>
>> if Apple simply refuses to play by the new rules and withdraws from
>> France,
>> consumers would be left owning iPod music players that are *as much use as
>> paperweights*
>
> I realize that you're just mindlessly repeating something that some
> idiot journalist wrote, but think about it. The thing will still play MP3s
> and WAV files. The French government is going to stop current iPod owners
> from downloading files from Apple how? If a black market developed the
> French government would stop it how? Are they going to x-ray every package
> coming into France? Are they going to confiscate illicit iPods from people
> on the street? Considering the current mood in France it's more likely that
> this law would increase the iPods cachet. This looks like a no brainer to
> me. Unless the rest of Europe joins France very quickly Apple just sits and
> waits them out. Worst case scenario they make iPods that will play WMA
> files, but that's not likely. Anyway you look at it doesn't look like the
> French will flood eBay with cheap iPods.
Making it illegal for iTunes to sell to French customers will
significantly cut down on iTMS sales in France. Naturally unless some
kind of IP trace scheme is set up to technologically keep the French off
of iTMS they can just make fraudulent accounts saying that they're
Spanish or Italian or whatever else.
- NRen2k5
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