Scandinavian Countries To Take Apple To Court
12 Jun, 2006, 3:00 pm IST | by
Priyanka Pradhan
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| After France, its Norway's turn to put pressure on Apple's iTunes to pry open it's digital management right,(DRM) called Fairplay. Norway, along with Sweden and Denmark has decided to take iTunes to its national consumer council, owing to the growing dissatisfaction of European consumers, with the incompatibility of iTunes with devices other than the iPod. However, Torgeir Waterhouse a senior advisor, Norwegian Consumer Council reportedly said that they're not specifically targeting iTunes Music Store DRM - MSN Music was explicitly mentioned in their original complaint together with CDON.com, Music Online.no and Prefueled.com. According to Norway's Marketing Control Act, consumers can break copy protection of CDs to play them on “relevant equipment”. This means the transfer of music from iTunes to other formats is mandatory under the law. However, its DRM, Fairplay does not allow that, making iTunes illegal in the three countries. Now, Norway's consumer council has given Apple until 21st June to respond to the terms and conditions of the legislation, after which the council will impose fines on the company. |
Tags: France , Apple , iTunes , iPod , Norway , Sweden , Denmark , DRM , Fairplay , Norwegian Consumer Council , MSN Music , Music Online.no , Prefueled.com , CDON.com , Marketing Control Act
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