The country that brought us Niels Bohr, offensive cartoons, and, uh, the cheese danish, has stepped to the plate once more. Two major corporations in Denmark, Maersk and TDC, have spoken out in favor of the country following in the footsteps of France’s proposed anti-DRM law. But look, behind the tapestry! It turns out that the Polonius hiding there is that both companies have—gasp!—online music ventures.
While some might see this as a mere attempt to steal a piece of Apple’s oh-so-tasty digital pie, I think there’s merit to the argument of DRM interoperability. As much as we might like Apple, take a moment to look at it from the other perspective: what if it were Microsoft controlling 80% of the music download market? Would you be as happy then? Perhaps the fault, if you’ll permit me to inject a bit of Caesar, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves.
[via Ars Technica]
