French Lawmakers OK Bill Forcing Apple to Open iTunes

Paris -- French lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a
controversial bill that would require interoperability between online
copyright-protection technologies, essentially forcing companies
like Apple and Sony to make their iPods, iTunes stores and
Walkman devices in France work with one another. The bill now
moves to the Senate, which is expected to take up the matter in
May. If the proposal becomes law, it's unclear whether Apple,
Sony and others will choose to release their closely guarded
copyright-protection technologies to competitors or simply shut
down iTunes and similar operations in France.
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