Cnet: Apple silences iTunes P2P software . Apple Computer has forced a developer to stop distributing a plug-in that turned its iTunes music player into peer-to-peer music-sharing software.
Apple can’t seem to decide whether it’s on the side of customers when it comes to their ability to use digital media as they see fit. The company is better than some of its peers, if you’ll pardon the expression, but actions like this one tend to undercut its pro-customer reputation.Here’s hoping that iCommune can find a way around this blockage. Meanwhile, Apple should get its corporate head around doing what’s right for the people who buy its gear.