Re:Why why why... (Score 1)

Your comment highlighting an apparent misconception by the journalist about the iPod being a closed system fails to acknowlege that the article was written for The Age newspaper, which is an Australian newspaper, servicing a predominantly Australian readership. Currently in Australia, due to our strict copyright legislation, the only way to get commercial media onto an iPod is via the iTunes Music Store. It is currently illegal in Australia to rip a store bought CD into an iPod, or any other portable media device for that matter. Not every country's copyright law is the same as the USA's. So from an Australian point of view, the article is accurate on that point.

There is a review of Australia's copyright legislation underway by the Federal Gov, with a view to making it legal to rip your own CDs onto an iPod, hopefully this will become a reality in the near future.