Apple Slams Windows Vista for ‘Photocopied’ Features
Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Bertrand Serlet pointed to the desktop search technology built into Windows Vista and compared it to the Searchlight feature in OS X 10.4 Tiger. Serlet furthermore argued that Microsoft mimicked Apple by integrating an RSS reader into its Web browser.
Apple at its annual World Wide Developers Conference [...]
Norway and Apple still at odds over iTunes
Norway’s consumer agency has said it remained at odds with Apple Computers over the company’s exclusive link between its iPod music players and online iTunes store, insisting that the songs downloaded at a cost ought to be playable on other music devices.
The agency had given Apple until August 1 to respond to its criticism against [...]
Apple Remains Resolute on Interoperability in Scandinavia
Details are now circulating on a recent Apple response to demands by Scandinavian regulators. Non-confidential portions of the Apple document, submitted to Norwegian authorities, indicated a willingness to alter various aspects of the iTunes Music Store End User Licensing Agreement (EULA).
That includes the alteration and clarification of certain terms, including those related to downloads [...]
Huge European iTunes giveaway
Apple, Coca Cola join forces for 70 million free downloads.
Apple is teaming up with Coca-Cola in Europe to give away about 70 million songs on its market-leading iTunes Music Store — more than a third of the total number of songs it has sold there to date.
The companies declined to disclose terms of the deal.
In [...]
Apple adds news and cartoons to iTunes online entertainment shop
Apple Computer’s popular iTunes online entertainment shop has added CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network programs to its virtual shelves, the iPod maker said.
Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) programs such as “Johnny Bravo,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” and “CNN Presents” could be bought at iTunes and viewed on computers or iPods MP3 players, the companies announced [...]
Apple meets Scandinavia’s reply deadline
Apple Computer Inc. met a Tuesday deadline to respond to Scandinavian regulatory claims that Apple is violating their laws by making its market-leading iPod the only compatible portable player for iTunes downloads.
Apple’s response, however, was not immediately made public as regulators considered the company’s request to keep parts of it confidential. Authorities would not comment [...]
France’s copyright overhaul under pressure
France’s Constitutional Court has ruled that certain sections of the country’s controversial new copyright law are unconstitutional.
The principle effect of the court’s 12-page legal review is to ensure that Apple will receive monetary compensation if it is forced to licence the DRM technology that it uses to restrict playback of iTunes Music Store downloads to [...]
iPhone software found in iPod updater?
Yeah, everybody’s been grasping at straws (including us) for possible info on the iPhone for, well, the last couple of years now, and the latest adds fuel to the speculative fire without providing any answers.
So what else is new? Anyhow, in the June 28th iPod updater package, apparently if one were to analyza few [...]
DADVSI / Apple Law update : French Constitutional Court Decision strengthen the Law against the Publ
The French Constitutional Court just released its decision about the DADVSI. The objective of this law was to transpose the 2001/29/CE Directive to protect Digital Rights Management in the same fashion as the US based Digital Millenium Copyright Act did in 1996.
The Law was severely criticized for being extremely hard, but the decision of the [...]
Warner Bros. & Apple Bring Television Favorites to the iTunes Music Store
Popular Sitcom ‘Friends,’ Sci-Fi Epic ‘Babylon 5′ & the Previously Unreleased ‘Aquaman’ Pilot Now Available on iTunes.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Apple® today announced that classic hit programming from Warner Bros.’ vast television library is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes® Music Store (www.itunes.com). The new content features favorites such as [...]
