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:Apple Slammed for Killing Open-Source iTunes
Apple Slammed for Killing Open-Source iTunes
Nov 26, 2008, 17 :03 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (5545 reads)

(Other stories by Robert McMillan)

"In an interview, von Lohmann said Apple was using the DMCA to stifle free speech. "Apple is essentially saying here that people can't even talk about the mechanisms that Apple uses to lock in its music to the iTunes software," he said.

"The checksum mechanism does not protect copyright on iTunes music; it's just supposed to confirm that the iPhone is communicating with iTunes, he added. "Nobody has ever suggested a purpose of this other than forcing iPod owners to use Apple's software," he said. "It's an anticompetitive tie-in device.""

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Why do we like Apple again? Because they ...   Microsoft style anti-competition   
Rick
Nov 26, 2008, 18:59:19
 
Apple is, indeed, better than MS.  That& ...   Re: Microsoft style anti-competition   
Charles Hixson
Nov 26, 2008, 20:09:07
 
Yes you are correct Charles that Apple i ...   Re: Re: Microsoft style anti-competition   
Rick
Nov 26, 2008, 20:39:47
 
Of course Apple is better that Microsoft ...   Apple is better, but..   
Zac
Nov 27, 2008, 02:19:27
 
> Why do we like Apple again?I used to t ...   Re: Microsoft style anti-competition   
blackhole
Nov 27, 2008, 07:24:24
 
No doubt apple has a better os than ms ( ...   apple isn't better than ms   
mookiemu
Oct 19, 2009, 08:27:45
 
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