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A + Christophe "Je sais pourquoi tant de gens aiment couper du bois. C'est une activité où l'on voit tout de suite le résultat." - A. Einstein *** French lawmakers to vote on iTunes bill <http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8GFKDKG5.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db> MAR. 20 7:20 P.M. ET French lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on a draft law that could radically shake up Internet music sales by forcing companies like Apple, Microsoft and Sony to share their copy-protection technologies. (...) *** France debates new tunes for iPod By Thomas Crampton International Herald Tribune <http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/16/business/ipod.php> "Beyond making music compatible," said Martin Rogard, a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture, explaining the government position, "we are very favorable toward open-source software and think that free software should be interoperable with software that you purchase." *** France May Force Apple to Open Up iTunes as Bill Moves Ahead <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a4bKype4P_JM&refer=europe> ``Someone who buys a song has to be able to listen to it, no matter which device or the software of choice,'' Rogard said in an interview on Friday. If the interoperability articles are approved, ``we'll see if we can push this on a European level.'' A proprietary format such as Apple's iTunes ``is not in the interest of the consumer, nor the interest of the creator. It only benefits the company and we're there to defend the consumer, our citizens,'' Rogard said. **** Will Jobs' IPod Bid Adieu To France? Parmy Olson, 03.20.06, 2:33 PM ET <http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2006/03/20/apple-ipod-france-cx_po_0320autofacescan09.html> (...) Jobs' options include going the Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people )-Ballmer route: drag his feet and wait to be sued, or he could comply with the new law while enjoying exclusivity outside French borders. The third and more extreme option is complete withdrawal from the country. With no shortage of revenue streams from other parts of the world, ditching France may be pas grand chose for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company. Still, as well as the fact that it would be passing up Europe's third-largest music download market, implications for the company are "most serious," according to Roger Kay of U.S.-based research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates. "Apple is now becoming an important player in the digital entertainment domain," he told Yhe Associated Press. "It may be there that ultimately they get challenged on antitrust issues by various governments, including the U.S." *** Apple Awaits France's iTunes Decision <http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/BBKHvTEfJ0s5JW/Apple-Awaits-Frances-iTunes-Decision.xhtml> (...) France may find opposition from Apple and Sony, though. Apple could choose to voice its rights in French courts. If there is no ear in France, the computer maker could take its case to the European court in Brussels. European laws apply to each individual country above the laws that have been passed in those specific countries. So it is a possibility that Apple could go to the European courts to have this law ruled unconstitutional according to the European rules," Laugier said. "Apple may be headed into a legal battle." *** France drafts copyright law to open up iTunes <http://news.ft.com/cms/s/95233eee-b83a-11da-bfc5-0000779e2340.html> However, others in the IT industry said forcing Apple to admit competitors to a new market it was instrumental in creating sent the wrong signal to technology companies. CompTIA, a trade association, said the law was the latest in a series of measures in the European Union that were “punishing inventors and stifling innovation”. *** France Weighs Forcing iPods to Play Other Than iTunes <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/17/technology/17ipod.html?ex=1300251600&en=bcca4398247edecc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss> But technically, the French government's aim of making music playable on all digital devices is challenging at the least, said Mark MacGann, director general of the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association, a trade group in Brussels whose members include Apple, Microsoft and Sony. In addition, the cross-border implications are enormous, he said. "Governments cannot operate in a technology policy vacuum with a global industry," he added, saying that decisions should be made at least on a European level. "You cannot decide overnight to create a nirvana." _______________________________________________ Liste de discussion FSF France. http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-france
