If you think the riots in France were bad when they tried to take away kid’s jobs…

…just wait until they try to take away their iPods.

Which is basically what will happen if they pass a law that would force Apple to open their digital rights management scheme to all their competitors. (The reason is that Apple would almost certainly just stop selling iTunes in France.)

It kills me that the French are trying to force Apple to make life easier for it’s competitors.

You don’t see them forcing software companies that write for Windows to make software for the Mac.

But I guess “fairness” only runs one way.

The thing I love most about the French lately is that they remind me that living in the States still isn’t so bad.

2 comments April 14th, 2006