Mar 23 2006

A New Version of the French Resistance

Published by Andy Rush at 12:31 pm under News & Commentary



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It’s pronounced “RAY-zee-stunce”, and it’s making Apple very “UHN-ah-pee”. The French government has decided to open up all of the online music stores so that no one company can dominate France’s music download market. How unhappy is Apple? So much so that it has made a statement that the French are supporting “state-sponsored piracy”. Hyperbole, Non? Did I just hear Gardner emit one of those evil laughs?

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3 Responses to “A New Version of the French Resistance”

  1. # Gardneron 23 Mar 2006 at 2:48 pm

    Yes. Gotta be more careful with those laughs: they must carry clear across campus.

    There are pirates and then there are pirates. :-)

  2. # Gardner Writes » Blog Archive » Just because you’re paranoid …on 23 Mar 2006 at 3:00 pm

    [...] Andy blogs today on Apple’s response to the French plan to force all DRM-enabled music stores to make their schemes interoperable. Andy’s blog is very, very funny; Monty Python would be proud. (”pssst. Tell him we already got one!”) [...]

  3. # Brianon 23 Mar 2006 at 4:25 pm

    Blimey!

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