 European pressure on DRM schemes that restrict the use of purchased
music to particular types of player (think iTunes and iPod) has stepped
up a notch.
EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has been quoted as saying "Do you think it's fine that a CD plays in all CD players but that an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I don't. Something has to change." While this overlooks the fact that tracks purchased from the iTunes Store can legitimately be transferred to audio CD - Apple's iTunes software will do this for you - going from protected AAC to CD to MP3 (or some other format supported by other mobile players) does result in some loss of quality, much like photocopying a photocopy. Scandinavian countries, led by Norway, have been pressing Apple to provide interoperability between iTunes tracks and other manufacturers' players. Apple has until 1 October 2007 to bring the iTunes store into line with Norwegian law.  News source: iTWire
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