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Apple to meet with Scandinavian agencies over DRM concerns
Apple will meet with Scandinavian consumer rights groups as early as next month to discuss complaints that Apple’s iTunes copy-protection breaks consumer laws. In June, the consumer agencies of Sweden, Denmark and Norway claimed that Apple is violating contract and copyright laws by making iTunes Music Store downloads only compatible with the iPod. They said customers are forced to waive their free use rights of legally bought products in order to download music. Apple responded in writing, but now wants a face-to-face discussion. “They (Apple) have asked to meet the authorities and explain their position,” said Marianne Abyhammar, Sweden’s acting consumer ombudsman. “We will call such a meeting, to be held in Oslo, as soon as possible. The ambition is to arrange for a meeting at the beginning of September, but no date has been set yet.”
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I would simply like to hear apples possition, cause theyve never gone public. I hear peoples all the time, now its ready to hear apples. Come on, isnt what you have to say worthy of public testimony, apple?
Posted by hooligan on August 19, 2006 at 11:13 PM (PDT)