As a French person put it in a very French way: DRM turns content into a 'hostage' of technology brands.
I love how the French can get (rightfully) very emotional about this!
My, this way of saying it even brings a lump to
my throat.
But in the case of iTunes I'm not sure I totally agree.
Apple advises buyers of their music to make backups on cd. And once you do that, your music is really free like any old cd you buy in a store.
I wonder if iTunes Store would be viable under French conditions and how much it would affect iPod sales.
(not sure if this goes beyond the scope of this thread though...)
I also think, like Nato64 pointed out, that there are very different DRMs, I'm not sure how the French would treat Apple's specific DRM?