France to pass the unDMCA?

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060313/tc_nm/media_france_copyrights_dc

PARIS (Reuters) - France is pushing through a law that would force Apple
Computer Inc (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) to open its iTunes online music store and
enable consumers to download songs onto devices other than the computer
maker's popular iPod player. 
 
Under a draft law expected to be voted in parliament on Thursday, consumers
would be able to legally use software that converts digital content into any
format.

It would no longer be illegal to crack digital rights management -- the
codes that protect music, films and other content -- if it is to enable to
the conversion from one format to another, said Christian Vanneste,
Rapporteur, a senior parliamentarian who helps guide law in France.

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