Apple sued for illegally tying iPods to iTunes Store
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 7, 2007 at 12:07pm
Another day, another lawsuit. In a new class-action lawsuit Aple is charged with illegally tying iPods to its iTunes Store in order “to forge a monopoly over the digital media market so it can inflate prices, exclude competition, and force consumers to continue to buy into its closed ecosystem,” reports AppleInsider.
The 19-page formal complaint, originally filed in a Florida circuit court back in August, has since made its way through a Florida district court to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California upon Apple’s request, as similar cases have been pending before a judge in that court for over two years.
The suit was brought about by Florida resident Frederick Black on behalf of all Florida residents who have purchased an iPod or downloaded media from iTunes and faced restrictions, such that they cannot transfer content purchased from iTunes to a non iPod digital music player, nor can they download digital content from other online vendors to their iPods, according to AppleInsider.
Marcos Herasme Says:
They can download music to the iPod in any of the supported format, the most common MP3. Just tell the supplier that you want to have your music in MP3 format. End of problems.
Posted on November 07, 2007
Mithu Says:
Apple now playing the same games that Microsoft, AT&T;, and IBM, were accused of in the past. They must open up the iTunes and iPod platforms and not make one reliant on the other.
Posted on November 07, 2007
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
rogerr Says:
Another example of no shortage of lawyers. No chance this suit wins. Zero.
Posted on November 07, 2007