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kaseyha
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Minnesota
 
2006-03-21, 22:02

Give up on an entire existing market? No way, terrible business decision from both financial and perception points of view. They cannot allow themselves to be the bad guy, if they stop selling music in France after the spin the French government has put on this law, Apple will look like the evil record label lackey. If they stop selling music in France, their sales of iPods will go down. They need to find a long-term solution to this, and IMHO the best long-term solution is licensing FairPlay. Maybe they'll come up with some typically Apple solution, but I just cannpt see them exiting a market, especially one tied to the EU.
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