XP and Vista question

[Mark Smith]

On 3 Mar 2007, at 00:09, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Here's the part I don't understand, though:  Steve Jobs has  
> publicly said he would prefer to ditch the DRM, but that Apple does  
> it because the record companies insist on it.  Why doesn't the EU  
> take the record labels to court?

Because the EU has no problem with DRM, as such, but it does with  
proprietary DRM such as Apples. The thrust of the case seems to be to  
force Apple to license its "Fairplay" DRM to other companies to allow  
interoperability - currently, songs bought from the iTunes Store are  
playable only in iTunes and on iPods.

The shame of it is that the EU has missed the opportunity to attack  
DRM in general. Still, on the bright side, the major labels are  
pretty much condemning themselves to becoming simple catalogue  
companies, so these things will probably work themselves out anyway.  
IMO, of course :)

Best,

Mark