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Apple tries to shut down El Tunes - Viva La El Tunes!
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| What is El Tunes?
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| El Tunes is a GStreamer plugin that allows Linux users to play all music
| they have purchased from the iTunes Music Store!
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http://vadi-blog.com/2008/07/30/apple-tries-to-shut-down-el-tunes-viva-la-el-tunes/
Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix
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| Apple's DRM software and the accompanying legal threats are in place to
| further their own interests by restricting the freedoms of computer users,
| while GPLv3 exists to protect those freedoms. If you are a software
| developer, please support free software by sharing your code under the terms
| of GPLv3. Even if you are not writing code specifically for the iPhone, use
| GPLv3 to ensure that no one else can subject it to the shackles of Apple's
| DRM.
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http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/why-free-software-and-apples-iphone-dont-mix
Apple Denies Linux Access To Its Movie Trailers
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| I want to thank Apple for being exclusionary to Linux users when you benefit
| so greatly from Open Source software. It sets a great example and shows what
| is really important to you as a company...and that is forcing your software
| onto everyone similar to Microsoft.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/273-Apple-Denies-Linux-Access-To-Its-Movie-Trailers.html
Related:
A Linux User's Perspective on the ITunes Store (and DRM in General)
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| What if tomorrow you went to Best Buy or Walmart or Sam Goody and purchased a
| CD? What if, before you left the store, the salesman told you that although
| the CD was in all other respects a standard CD, that you could only play it
| if you owned a Pioneer or Sony stereo? Would that make any sense? Would it
| make you a bit hesitant about buying music from that store again?
|
| Well, if you purchase music or videos from the iTunes Store,
|
| [...]
|
| With content from the iTunes Store, however, users may find themselves a bit
| stuck if they ever want to make the switch to a more open computing platform,
| such as Linux. Because none of the DRM-restricted content from the iTunes
| Store will play on Linux. And it's all because that's how Apple wants it, to
| be honest, and not because of any technical limitation.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/324936/a_linux_users_perspective_on_the_itunes.html
Closed iPhone opens road for Linux phones
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| With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and
| other smart devices
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/08/apple_gives_lin.html?source=rss
iTunes in Linux - Not any time soon.
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| Yesterday, Apple computer released Safari for windows, proving
| that the company does have the desire to expand their enterprise
| and myriad programs to other platforms. However, they so far have
| neglected the Linux user. Will apple release iTunes for Linux?
| Not anytime soon. So what solutions does the open source
| community have?
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http://pimpyourlinux.com/linux-feature-review/itunes-in-linux-not-any-time-soon/
Ask Apple about the iPhone
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| Services like Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, Play.com and 7digital are
| all selling music without DRM. A typical response to this might be that Apple
| has no option to sell media without DRM, but this is simply untrue. Jobs is
| the largest individual shareholder at Disney, and he could insist that its
| films be DRM-free. Apple should be leading the way to promote DRM-free music,
| but instead is lagging behind. What is Apple doing to fix this? If it really
| is the RIAA's fault, can you tell me specifically what the RIAA said to Jobs
| when he asked for the ability to sell DRM-free music?
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/apple-challenge
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