French on to something with iTunes law, say analysts | CNET News.com

The French government wants to| CNET News.com: "set rules for this new market now or risk one or two U.S. companies taking control of online access to music, video and TV." They want to legislate that songs or other media products that are bought on a proprietary device, such as an iPod, can be played on ANY device. Studies in Europe show consumers will pay more for this. I suspect this is one of those issues that kind breezes past upon first reading, but will return and eventually occupy a big part of media attention.