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Re: [LUG] MS shares fall / I tunes

 

On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 06:14:38PM +0000, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Paul Sutton wrote:
> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/02/16/bcnvista16.xml
> >
> > Looking at this, there are issues between Vista and Itunes,  which 
> > raises the question what is the interoperability between Linux and 
> > Itunes, if its good then we as a community could take advantage.
> >   
> Looks like I can answer my own question
> 
> http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/28/cx_ah_0328tentech.html
> 
> Now to have this included in ubuntu and other distros,  could be a major 
> boost.  .

Not really, since I'm pretty sure it would contravene the DMCA in the US
and similar laws elsewhere, that make it illegal to bypass "security
measures" like DRM.

And of course, Apple have no plans to support iTunes on GNU/Linux
themselves.

        bma

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