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What's the connection?
I'm not sure it's a fair comparison, an operating system and software to interface with a specific device, in this case the iPod? Wasn't the problem with WMP that it was inexplicably built into the os itself and so could not be removed if someone wanted to use another media player exclusively?

Will the EU be pursuing any company that builds devices and software to interface with them? My cell phone has to have software from Verizon to load songs onto it (disclaimer, I've never bought the software and don't listen to songs on my phone). Graphics cards have to have drivers from the companies that produce them (a big pain in Linux butt I understand). My old 256k mp3 player had a specific software to load songs on and off of it.

I don't see the connection in the comparison you've made, but I'd be happy to rethink if you could clarify it for me?

Thanks
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What's the connection?  meelder | 09/20/07
That's odd  Real World | 09/20/07
Re: That's odd  meelder | 09/20/07
Read an article about Cell Phones  voska | 09/20/07
I access the pics with that same  Real World | 09/20/07
Buyer Beware  voska | 09/20/07
And here was me thinking  zkiwi | 09/20/07
haven't they already  xuniL_z | 09/20/07
Whatever  zkiwi | 09/20/07
I see  xuniL_z | 09/20/07
Well, since the sun is up.  xuniL_z | 09/20/07
This is insane  vince@... | 09/20/07
Big difference between Apple and MS situations  j.m.galvin | 09/20/07
Another big difference  Randomly | 09/20/07
ITMS  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
Huh?  Len Rooney | 09/20/07
Understand the EU laws  John Zern | 09/20/07
Wrong  Len Rooney | 09/20/07
re: Wrong  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
re: Huh?  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
Your initial mistake  Len Rooney | 09/21/07
re: Your initial mistake  M.R. Kennedy | 09/21/07
You still don't get it  Len Rooney | 09/23/07
A Few Considerations  Harry Bardal | 09/21/07
re: A few considerations  M.R. Kennedy | 09/21/07
Except that  j.m.galvin | 09/20/07
The link indicates it is the lables that is applying pressure.  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/07
the only thing i would like to see from apple  Quebec-french | 09/20/07
Power hungry and out of control?  laura.b | 09/20/07
Should have been a reply to story, not message. My bad. happy  laura.b | 09/20/07
You really want to hear?....  thungurknifur | 09/21/07
Did it occur to you, through your *obviously* close reading of my post  laura.b | 09/22/07
dear Laura maybe just maybe i could be wrong  Quebec-french | 09/20/07
I think I will agree with you.  laura.b | 09/22/07
This is so STUPID!  voska | 09/20/07
Precedent  rapson | 09/20/07
MS digs their own holes  j.m.galvin | 09/20/07
re: MS digs their own holes  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
The states loves it  frgough | 09/20/07
Apple actively blocks all attempts...  TripleII | 09/20/07
Nice disclaimer  frgough | 09/20/07
What would you call them?  TripleII | 09/20/07
the 3rd way  Real World | 09/20/07
Apple will only have themselves to blame.  TripleII | 09/20/07
Read the Boing article again  j.m.galvin | 09/20/07
Sounds like fair use to me, but deside the point  TripleII | 09/20/07
I agree it's stupid but not unfair  voska | 09/20/07
Yep, USB mass storage is the only good method  TripleII | 09/20/07
I honestly don't get it  voska | 09/20/07
It's easy to get.  frgough | 09/20/07
It's not disagreement  voska | 09/20/07
Easy  j.m.galvin | 09/20/07
Agreed  TripleII | 09/20/07
re: It's easy to get.  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
I believe the issue the EU has with Apple...  mrOSX | 09/20/07
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It's not the DRM  frgough | 09/20/07
Well it is the DRM....  mrOSX | 09/20/07
re: Well it is the DRM....  M.R. Kennedy | 09/20/07
70% of 3% isn't much though  voska | 09/20/07
It is the DRM!  Ole Man | 09/20/07
Free Market  itpro_z | 09/20/07
Show me the harmful monopoly  Len Rooney | 09/20/07
Is it time for Apple to face the music?  D. T. Schmitz | 09/20/07
Poor Europeans  nix_hed | 09/20/07
Haha, I LOVE it!!!!  NonZealot | 09/20/07
NonZealot?  thungurknifur | 09/21/07
More dirty socialist attacks against civilization [nt]  Omch'Ar | 09/20/07
Much more than just Apple.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/07
So what?  nizuse | 09/22/07
What about Palm?  Landrue | 09/20/07
Apple fans cheer even l louders  Richard Flude | 09/20/07
Adrian don't know nothin'  Piot | 09/20/07
Pricing Differential  johnfenjackson@... | 09/22/07
apple does need open up a little with itunes  bicard | 09/22/07

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