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The seemingly contradictory stances can be explained by looking at campaign donations. MS' rivals put up a good chunk of money to get their complaints rolling. In the case in this article, the RIAA/MPAA and the DRM manufacturers put up their fair share of money to get the legislation gutted and turned into the exact opposite of what it was originally intended to do.

Also note that Apple wasn't the big player here, nor the group with the biggest objections. The real players were the copyright holders and media companies who are basing all of their future profits on limiting user activities. Apple could have shrugged off this decision, but the movie and music companies would have had their plans for massive profit increases at your expense crushed by it.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 05/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I guess they finally realized that:  John Zern | 05/02/06
Hardly the same thing  Michael Kelly | 05/02/06
I can't believe it, they did the right thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/02/06
Selling out to corporate interests is the right thing?  tic swayback | 05/02/06
I don't know about happy  Shelendrea | 05/02/06
There is no contradiction or hypocrisy  tic swayback | 05/02/06
You know I think I actually undersood that  Shelendrea | 05/02/06
Probable scared  voska | 05/02/06
Burning cars?  John Zern | 05/02/06
No, no. You have it wrong...  BitTwiddler | 05/03/06
That was quick.  gordon@... | 05/02/06
Boingboing originally posted the story  longofest | 05/02/06
Original article, detailing the gutting and the selling out  tic swayback | 05/02/06
France Backed Down!?!?!  nikoli | 05/02/06
Wait wait WAIT!  Shelendrea | 05/02/06
Clearly you don't understand the issue...  Richard Flude | 05/02/06
If you are going to quote me then  Shelendrea | 05/02/06
More rubbish  Richard Flude | 05/02/06
God, grasp the principle willya ??  failure | 05/03/06
Excuse me  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
no mate,  failure | 05/04/06
Not even close!  Spoon Jabber | 05/03/06
Nope  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
Thanks for agreeing  Spoon Jabber | 05/03/06
iPod not monopoly; iTunes (almost) is. Why DRM = extortion  D-cat | 05/03/06
its a monopoly  failure | 05/04/06
Walmart = $0.88 per WMA.....  Spoon Jabber | 05/04/06
DRM is bad, Apple or MS  D-cat | 05/09/06
You have it completely wrong! Read further...  mlindl | 05/02/06
Oh really now???  Shelendrea | 05/02/06
Read mlindl post again  SOCAM | 05/02/06
ooopps trigger finger  SOCAM | 05/02/06
I'll have whatever it is you're smoking  failure | 05/03/06
Your one line said it nicely  John Zern | 05/02/06
Doesn't it bother you, though  John Zern | 05/02/06
come again ?  failure | 05/03/06
Ooopsy  tic swayback | 05/03/06
huh?  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
You must not have read my full post  tic swayback | 05/03/06
oh, smart alec ?  failure | 05/04/06
But isn't....  Spoon Jabber | 05/04/06
That's backwards!  jake48 | 05/03/06
irony  failure | 05/04/06
Look up the word monopoly  mlindl | 05/03/06
Follow the money  tic swayback | 05/02/06
claiming that their respective DRM schemes limited consumer choices  Net-Tech_z | 05/02/06
France does not have air conditioning  SouthernPride | 05/02/06
Are you drunk again?  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
Not Drunk  tekspek1 | 05/03/06
too bad  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
Fr. gov for no reason changed its mind or bribes work not only in the US NT  Vily Clay | 05/02/06
You need a better hobby  Shelendrea | 05/03/06
It?s too complicated for you, Shelendrea. Think harder if you can. (NT)  Vily Clay | 05/03/06
wow! EU showing intelligence!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/03/06
Yes, but...  Spoon Jabber | 05/03/06
spoon jabber  failure | 05/05/06
start doing research  omagasohe | 05/07/06
So its ok to have proprietary WMPs than?  ralphrides | 05/12/06

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