Apple och FairPlay klarar sig undan franska lagen

Postat: 2006-05-04 kl. 16.46

Lite undangömt i en artikel om användare som rebellerar mot YouTube hittar jag en notis om att den franska lagen som nyligen stiftats som skulle tvinga Apple att öppna sin drm-teknik för andra tillverkare har skrivits om:

A draft of a French law that would have opened up iTunes to other music players besides Apple's iPod has been rewritten in committee. The result is a victory for Apple (Research): The law won't have to reveal the technical details of the digital-rights management system used to prevent copying of iTunes music downloads. French consumer groups are up in arms, with a protest planned near the Bastille on Sunday.

CNN Money YouTube sees user rebellion (2006-05-03)

Boing Boing skrev om det i förra veckan:

Previously, "information needed for interoperability" covered "technical documentation and programming interfaces needed to obtain a copy in an open standard of the copyrighted work, along with its legal information." Now this has been changed to "technical documentation and programming interfaces needed to obtain a protected copy of a copyrighted work." But a "protected" version of the work can't be played back in a different player, which means interoperability won't be attained with this clause.

Boing Boing French DRM law gets ugly - protest May 7/2PM Place de la Bastille (2006-04-28)

Nog för att det säkert hade resulterat i att iTunes Music Store dragit sig ur Frankrike istället för att de skulle öppnat FairPlay, deras drm-teknik, men det hade varit ett första steg.