Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Apple, Sony sued over DRM in France
Posted by James Fee in "NEWS" @ 09:00 AM
" French consumer association Union Federale des Consommateurs-Que Choisir has launched legal action over the two companies' proprietary music formats, claiming that the respective digital rights management used by both Sony and Apple, which prevent songs bought from their online music shops from being played on other manufacturers' media players, is limiting consumers' choice. The consumer group announced that it would take legal action against the pair after conducting interoperability tests last year between a selection of download services and digital music players. The group criticized the two companies' lack of interoperable DRM. "
Well it was only a matter of time before this happened. But lets be honest, nothing will come of this. Incompatible formats have been around since Babbage's time and will be for many more years to come. Let the marketplace decide what formats people will use and in the end that is better for consumers. Legislating compatibility never works.
Well it was only a matter of time before this happened. But lets be honest, nothing will come of this. Incompatible formats have been around since Babbage's time and will be for many more years to come. Let the marketplace decide what formats people will use and in the end that is better for consumers. Legislating compatibility never works.
