[LINK] iTunes hits Australian higher learning [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Brendan Scott]

Egan, Gerard wrote:
>  
> 
> '...And presumably ipods and iphones will become the only way to access
> these universities' lectures."
> 
> Why presume that - the files should be usable on any reasonable mp3 or
> mp4 player (may need a convertor for the video files depending on your
> player). I've been using the USA iTunes univ files for a while.
> 
> iTunes us just a distributor of the files.

Hard experience? 

As a Linux user with a generic MP3 player (iriver T30) I cannot access most podcasts from most US universities - simply because they are distributed through iTunes. 

I will defer to someone with better knowledge on whether it is the iTunes client which is the issue rather than the iP*.

Brendan