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January 08, 2005
iTunes monopoly?
Posted by Sandy
According to this BBC story, Californian Thomas Slattery is seeking damages from Apple because songs he purchased from the iTunes Store can only be played on an iPod.
"Apple has unlawfully bundled, tied, and/or leveraged its monopoly in the market for the sale of legal online digital music recordings to thwart competition in the separate market for portable hard drive digital music players, and vice-versa," the lawsuit said.
Unlawfully? I doubt it. By that logic, gamers who bought
Ratchet & Clank can sue Sony for "forcing" them to buy a
PS2.
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1. Chris on January 10, 2005 02:06 PM writes...
Thomas Slatterly could always try burning his purchases to CD - that opens up a plenty of non iPod options.
Permalink to Comment2. Michael on January 10, 2005 04:50 PM writes...
hmm, nope, burning his purchases to CD would defeat the purpose of his lawsuit: being a paid shill to make noise about supposed monopoly.
heck, even buying a CD would do that, or transferring any of his existing music from LPs, cassette, etc. nope, all of those alternatives would simply nullify his suit.
anyone want to take a jab at who is paying his lawyer fees?
Permalink to Comment3. t rex on January 10, 2005 06:23 PM writes...
If there is any Justice, this tool will be forced to pay Apple's court and attorney fees as well as his own. It's unbelievable how much mileage this story has received in the tech press. I believe the judge should throw this case out before opening arguments as it's an obvious nuisance suit and completely without merit.
Permalink to Comment4. Mikey T on January 10, 2005 08:53 PM writes...
unREAL attempt to force Apple to open their DRM. ;-)
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