France Passes 'iTunes Law'
An AP newswire article by Laurence Frost and Nathalie Schuck, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
French lawmakers approved in a final vote Friday a controversial law that threatens to break open the exclusive music format behind the Apple iPod.More here.
Both the Senate and the National Assembly, France's lower house, voted in favor of the online copyright bill, which some analysts say could cause Apple Computer Inc. to pull its iTunes music store and iPod players from France.
The vote was the final legislative step before the bill becomes law — barring the success of a last-ditch constitutional challenge filed last week by the opposition Socialists.
posted by Fergie @ 6/30/2006 06:44:00 AM
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