Whither Apple?
Greetings from the Festival City where the weird is presently commonplace - rather mundane, in context, was my colleague Andres' sighting of Sherlock Holmes in the quad.
Although IP, competition and human rights questions seem mainly to be continuing to have a well earned break - objections to "Rebus MacTaggart" and "to google" aside - the fate of Apple and iTunes remains uncertain (thanks to BNA for the link to this summary). A nice little mix of copyright, corporate envy and (apparent) fundamental rights.
I do have a hint of sympathy for Apple - spotting a market gap with the Napster sagas, it did develop a means of downloading music which did not enrage copyright owners - subject of course to payment of a small fee....After the sales came rolling in, they meet the fate of many successful businesses and enthusiastic consumers - the backlash. And with the legislative battles in France to some extent at an end, Scandanavia is making it clear that European consumers and their advocates will not now lie down.
Although IP, competition and human rights questions seem mainly to be continuing to have a well earned break - objections to "Rebus MacTaggart" and "to google" aside - the fate of Apple and iTunes remains uncertain (thanks to BNA for the link to this summary). A nice little mix of copyright, corporate envy and (apparent) fundamental rights.
I do have a hint of sympathy for Apple - spotting a market gap with the Napster sagas, it did develop a means of downloading music which did not enrage copyright owners - subject of course to payment of a small fee....After the sales came rolling in, they meet the fate of many successful businesses and enthusiastic consumers - the backlash. And with the legislative battles in France to some extent at an end, Scandanavia is making it clear that European consumers and their advocates will not now lie down.
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