to the best of my knowledge Apple is very protective of the iPod/iTunes ecosystem and does not release any more interop functionality than would be to their benefit. It also seem that providing functionality for conversion between protected formats also provides more potential vulnerabilities in their protection schemes.
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joel johnson @ Sep 25th 2006 2:26PM
to the best of my knowledge Apple is very protective of the iPod/iTunes ecosystem and does not release any more interop functionality than would be to their benefit. It also seem that providing functionality for conversion between protected formats also provides more potential vulnerabilities in their protection schemes.