EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into iTunes

Macthorpe writes "ABC News is reporting that the EU has started an antitrust probe into the way that Apple sells music on iTunes. As you can only purchase from the store of the country where your credit or debit card is registered, the price differences and availability differences between iTunes stores for different EU countries constitute a violation of EU competition laws which forbid territorial sales restrictions.'Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said Monday the company wanted to operate a single store for all of Europe, but music labels and publishers said there were limits to the rights that could they could grant to Apple. "We don't believe Apple did anything to violate EU law," he said. "We will continue to work with the EU to resolve this matter."'"

Comments

Re:good old EU

[peipas]

I prefer a free market where politicians are bought and sold through the natural will of the market.

Re:DVD zoning

[hxnwix]

That's good, since it means consumers aren't being taken advantage of.

Bloody clever, you fucking bastards...

Re:EU Fines the Holy Grail

[eldavojohn]

King Khazunga: You must be very very young my dear.
eldavojohn: Man.
King Khazunga: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
eldavojohn: I'm 24.
King Khazunga: What?
eldavojohn: I'm 24. I'm not very very young.
King Khazunga: Well I can't just call you "my dear".
eldavojohn: Well you could say "eldavojohn".
King Khazunga: I didn't know you were called eldavojohn.
eldavojohn: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Khazunga: I did say sorry about the "very very young my dear", but from behind you looked...
eldavojohn: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Khazunga: Well I am king.
eldavojohn: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.