PC Pro: News: France considers opening up iTunes
PC Pro: News: France considers opening up iTunes.
France may be about to legalise the use of software that cracks DRM systems so that digital content can be converted into any format. It will also force digital music stores to offer downloads in a variety of formats to that they can be played on a variety of portable devices.
The law will force Apple to loosen the restrictions on music bought through iTunes so that it is no longer restricted to the iPod. Moreover it will be perfectly legal to download a track from Apple’s iTunes Music Store, for example, and then strip out the DRM - provided you have the necessary software - so that the track can be played on any portable device.