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To: sixty2nds who wrote (29327)	3/14/2006 7:41:13 AM
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OT....07:23 AAPL Apple Computer: France weighs law forcing iTunes access beyond Apple's iPod - WSJ (65.68 ) According to the WSJ, France is pushing through a law that would force Apple to let consumers download songs from its iTunes online music store onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod player. Under a draft law expected to be voted on in parliament Thursday, consumers would be able to legally use software that converts digital content into any format. It would no longer be illegal to crack the codes that protect music, films and other content if it is done to enable the conversion from one format to another, said Christian Vanneste, a senior parliamentarian. "It will force some proprietary systems to be opened up...You have to be able to download content and play it on any device," Mr. Vanneste said.