[Fsf-friends] Re: [ilugd] apple iPod a tune

[Raj Mathur]

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>>>>> "LL" == Linux Lingam <linuxlingam@gmail.com> writes:

    LL> dear all, have you been following the controversy of apple's
    LL> iPod and iTunes, with its DRM-ed and proprietory file-formats,
    LL> all working nice and proper with RealNetworks. Apple is
    LL> understandably feeling quite rotten.

    LL> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117201,00.asp

What's even more interesting is another thing that has been declared
legal by the US copyright office:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113190,00.asp

<Excerpt>
Software developers can use reverse engineering to circumvent digital
protection of copyrighted material, if they do so to achieve
interoperability with an independently created computer program.
</Excerpt>

Isn't that precisely what Hymn does?

    LL> am sure the opensource community watches this with interest,
    LL> thanks to the recent controversy between the community and
    LL> apple, even in india.

Regards,

- -- Raju
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