March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Cresanti, U.S. undersecretary of Commerce for technology, comments on the European Commission's call for Apple Inc. to allow music downloaded from iTunes to be played on any MP3 player.

Cresanti spoke in a television interview today.

``I have some strong concerns about the tack that's been taken with a number of companies including Apple on the issue of their products, the way they market their products.''

``Nobody knows the value of intellectual property, be it copyright or patents, better than Apple does.''

``I'm a little confused about some of the rhetoric that's been coming out. You have every opportunity with Apple, as most 12-year-old school children will tell you, to burn a CD from an iTunes song and to take that music and move it to another platform if you need to.''

``I'm somewhat at a loss to explain the level of emphasis that's been placed on this particular topic.''

To contact the reporters on this story: Francine Lacqua in London at flacqua@bloomberg.net; Anna Rascouet in Brussels at arascouet@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: March 13, 2007 12:41 EDT