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.""
