Apple Computer has deny statement made by music - giant EMI Group that Apple is near finished working on transcript - protect CD support for the company ’s democratic iPod music player . EMI made the claims in a assertion outlining its position on transcript auspices .
“ Apple is about eat up with the technical piece of work necessary to enable consumer to transfer medicine from content protected discs to their iPods , ” say the EMI statement . “ We ’ve been play with Apple and Macrovision , our applied science trafficker , to make this a realness for nearly one twelvemonth , and it ’s almost quick . This is an important step for EMI and Apple , but even more so for music consumer who will soon be able-bodied to legitimately larboard euphony from protect discs they own to the iPod . ”
Apple has denied any involved with EMI on getting protected content to work on the iPod .
“ The data EMI provided regarding iTunes and iPod compatibility with Macrovision ’s applied science is not true and we have no idea why EMI made this statement , ” Apple said in a program line provided to MacCentral .
EMI declined to give more particular on the supposed Apple - EMI - Macrovision plans .
“ We have read Apple ’s financial statement and we have no comment , ” an EMI interpreter , differentiate MacCentral .
Copy - protect CDs have been a contentious issue between consumers and music labels since they were first insert . While consumers feel they have a right to purchase a CD and habituate the euphony as they see fit , music labels see a pauperization to protect player and the fellowship ’s bottom line .
The latest copy - protection debacle came last week when Sony BMG pulled their copy - protect CDs from depot shelves because it installed software program unseeable to the user , but could be exploited by hackers .
