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Norway bans iTunes store, cuts nose, spites face

Norway bans iTunes store, cuts nose, spites face

Socialist paradise keeps users from buying where they want in the name of freedom...

http://blogs.pcworld.com/digitalworld/archives/2007/01/norway_outlaws.html

This week Norway banned Apple from selling songs via iTunes Music store in Norway. This was done on the grounds that Apple's DRM "Fairplay" forces users to play the music via iTunes which they feel infringes on the rights of users (though forcing users to not be able to choose to buy songs from iTunes apparently is a newly discovered freedom).

Europe's obsession with media playing technologies developed in the United States (as seen with its millions in fines against Microsoft) seems confined to media player.

No word yet on whether Norway plans to invade neighboring Finland to take out Nokia's diabolical plan of forcing people who want to play n-Gage games to buy a Nokia n-Gage. 

Gillette, maker of razor blades that force users to use Gillette razors declined to comment on whether they were concerned that Norway would target them next.

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Reply #51 Top
Perhaps a European company should start up their own service and compete with Apple. What exactly is the barrier to entry to selling digital music over the Internet?


I believe a russian company did... But seems like a lot of american companies are trying to shut them down... Therussians had the gads to offer freedom of choice to their users... I know ghastly isn't it...

Reply #52 Top

I believe a russian company did... But seems like a lot of american companies are trying to shut them down... Therussians had the gads to offer freedom of choice to their users... I know ghastly isn't it...

That the same bunch of Russians that seem to have a comprehension problem when the word 'copyright' is mentioned?

Fun little thread, this....