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Apple Facing New Antitrust Investigation
mantis2009 writes "After recent complaints of anti-competitive behavior, the US Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into Apple's business practices for selling music. Investigators have specifically asked whether Apple colluded with record labels to thwart Amazon.com's music download store, according to the ever-present anonymous 'people briefed on the situation.' Allegedly, Apple threatened to retaliate if any music label participated in Amazon's 'MP3 Daily Deal' promotion, which offered early access to some MP3 tracks." So it looks like the Justice Department won the DoJ vs. FTC fight for the regulation bully pulpit.
Um, how is Amazon breaking the law? They are running a competing DRM free music store that doesn't have artificially inflated prices like iTunes.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
I'm an apologist for Microsoft. I'm a "You're all full of shit, now be FAIR to microsoft"...
Everyone one of you zealots loves to hate Microsoft for selfishly unfair reasons, usually formed by a religious holy war of Linux vs Microsoft.
You'd rather see Microsoft die, than see them provide good software. Admit it finally, once and for all!
I personally dislike Microsoft for many reasons... but a lot of the complains I have could be solved by letting them actually make software that isnt gimped because they're scared of anti trust US/EU lawsuits.
Apple has no such fear. They go balls to the wall, do it all.... and you fucking hypocrites let them.
The time is now to simply allow MS to play Apple's game... or force APPLE to comply with the same bullshit you force on Microsoft.
That way we can all pretend that Linux will win the desktop market because we've squashed them both. sigh.
I'm for open standards absolutely... but lets be fucking real.