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Virgin Accuses Apple of Abusing Monopoly

Posted by michael on from the turnabout-on-fairplay dept.

worm eater writes "The Register reports that VirginMega (Virgin Group's online music venture in France) is asking the French antitrust authorities to force Apple to license the FairPlay DRM. If France agrees with Virgin, will this be a blessing in disguise for Apple, making their DRM format the defacto standard, or will it be the downfall of the mighty iTunes Music Store?"

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  1. Pot, Kettle, Black by Kurt+Wall · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Lovely. One monopoly, Virgin, complaining about the monopolistic practices of another (alleged) monopoly? Please. Richard Branson has enough money.