OverDrive Media files cannot be used on iPods or Mac computers

Our local library at "'librariesonthego.library.on.ca" offers audiobooks on loan. Regretfully it seems I can't use my iMAC G5 and iPod nano to download & play the audiobooks because the audiobooks use DRM technology from Microsoft which is not compatible with iPods or OS-X. In order to take advantage I must use a PC and I will need to purchase another mobile player device.
The library has posted the following notice:
"+At this time, OverDrive Media files cannot be used on iPods or Mac computers.+
+Our media titles, provided by OverDrive, Inc., use DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection technology from Microsoft Corporation. Unfortunately the iPod (and Mac) currently support neither DRM-protected Windows Media Audio (.wma) files nor Windows Media Video (.wmv) files.+
+OverDrive, along with hundreds of online media providers, is hopeful that Apple and Microsoft can reach an agreement that would enable support for Microsoft-based DRM-protected materials on the iPod/Mac."+
Apple is usually on the forefront of such digital media developments and, it can be argued, it's work in this area is the reason for it's current success. Accordingly it seems a shame that
Am I missing some obvious point or is Apple actually an unwitting barrier to greater and more prevalent uses of it's own hardware and services?
What do others think of this?
vschaick

Even though Overdrive now has MP3 audio books, you still can't download from the public library (or any library) with your Mac because the MP3 books still require Overdrive Media Console, which runs only on Windows. Overdrive claims that they will be releasing a Mac version of the Media Console sometime this year. I'll believe it when I can run it.

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