DJ Nozem: The Long Arm of Brussels

Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Long Arm of Brussels

We´re saving people´s ears over in America. And they don´t even show us love.

6 comments:

Jon Worth said...: Agh, come on, this is round the bend. A level that's set when you buy the iPod, OK. But one that's permanently fixed? Plus what if you want to connect it to the stereo or something rather than your ears?; 1:14 AM
Jon Worth said...: Just found this that seems to do the trick.

There's a strange line in the Read Me:
"We can't be held responsible for the use you make with this program
or any damage it could cause to you iPod.

It is provided for information purpose only. Moreover, uncapping your iPod and using it is illegal in France."

Now it could be the authors are trying to be funny, or it could actually be French law on this and rather than make a French iPod version they impose the same rules for all European iPods...

I would be astounded if the British government (and others too) had wanted obligatory limits.; 1:19 AM
Shane said...: The fix only works on older iPods, not any of the newer ones. It's really quite unimportant at this point anyway - I've transferred the tunes I need to my iPhone which isn't subject to the tyranny of the European Commission.; 3:23 AM
nanne said...: That should read "isn't subject to the tyranny of the European Commission... yet!"

If I remember correctly, iTunes has been split in different markets (due to DRM issues, supposedly). Which has led to some complaints by Europeans! Don't know why Apple couldn't just do the same for the iPod.; 6:35 AM
Jon Worth said...: @Shane - what generation of iPod is it? The link I posted goes for iPods up to 5th generation, is there any more modern than that?

@Nanne - DRM is music copyright, and te volume is surely something about product standards. I suspect there's no joined up thinking in the Commission on that.; 8:46 AM
Shane said...: It's a 30G video iPod which was bought in the Netherlands.; 11:43 PM

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