Posted by Technobarbarian on 03/23/06 16:22

"fred-bloggs" <fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote in message
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> NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:bCrUf.71473$ua3.1558144@weber.videotron.net:
>
>> fred-bloggs wrote:
>>> I believe the law only concerns itself with digital downloads which
>>> means that if ITMS-France were unwilling to provide downloads which
>>> could be played on other manufacturers' music players, ITMS would not
>>> be allowed to trade in France. French Ipod users would be able to use
>>> stores in other countries.
>>
>> That's not much different from what I just said. ;)
>
> No, indeed. I just wanted to point out that the new law doesn't affect
> music consumers directly.
>
> However it occurred to me that it may outlaw the agreements between
> Itunes and the French music publishers. So the music that French
> consumers want would not be available on *any* Itunes site.

LOL, in Europe the music scene is much more international than what
Americans are used to.
http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=11

The current chart topper is an Italian, with lots of Americans on the
top 40 list. The majority of these people are probably signed with large
multi-national corporations. During this whole copyright debate currently
going on in France their government has made motions like they were willing
to shoot their own music industry in the foot, but so far they've been
unwilling to pull the trigger.

TB

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