Apple Antitrust Case Gets Green Light

SuperAlgae writes "The recent antitrust suit against Apple regarding iTunes and iPod has been approved to go forward. This is only the beginning of the process, but it does bring up some interesting questions about what defines a monopoly." From the article: "Slattery claimed that Apple's system freezes out competitors, and while one antitrust expert called it a long shot, another antitrust law professor said that the key to such a lawsuit would be convincing a court that a single product brand like iTunes is a market in itself separate from the rest of the online music market."

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Re:It's nonsense

[Errandboy of Doom]

The only thing monopolistic about the digital music business is how the record labels, through their monopoly on specific artists' music, can use that leverage to enfore draconian licensing and protection technologies on the industry.

Fortunately, the Russians are hard at work on this problem.

Yes, it's legal, even for you and me.