Here Apple goes...
Apple says proposed French law smacks of piracy (Reuters)
Note that Apple claims that iPods will only sell better, because it will be easier to copy songs
and movies without DRM...
I read this as: "
Apple won't be hurt that much, but if our partners in the Music and Movie Industry don't put a hell of a pressure on the French government, they'll be in big, big trouble. And that's not
Apple's fault - we did what we could by immediately saying publicly that the law would enforce piracy...".
Basically, Apple is telling the Content Industry that
they are between a rock and a hard place... and Apple is on
their side.