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Justice Department Seeks Oversight of Apple's iTunes Store
Justice Department Seeks Oversight of Apple's iTunes Store Punishment Would Include Music, Movies and TV Content Sold on iTunes WSJ, Updated August 2, 2013, 7:13 p.m. ET By CHAD BRAY, IAN SHERR and JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG After winning last month an e-books antitrust suit against Apple, the Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to limit Apple's influence in the publishing market and give the government oversight of the iTunes Store and App Store. The government proposals, if accepted, could give music, television-show and content owners more leverage in negotiations with a company that has been an aggressive bargainer in opening up traditional media to digital distribution. Apple is currently negotiating with owners of video programming about potential new devices and services for the living room. After negotiating with record labels, it recently announced a new music streaming service, iTunes Radio. The government seeks to prohibit Apple from reaching agreements with media companies that increase the prices at which Apple's rivals sell e-books, music, TV shows or movies. Apple objected strongly to the proposals, calling them a "draconian and punitive intrusion into Apple's business, wildly out of proportion to any adjudicated wrongdoing or potential harm," in a court filing Friday---- see more http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000..._sections_tech Well, what do you know? Pretty much a turn around, I think. |
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I have a feeling that didn't go down easily in Cupertino.
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08-06-2013, 03:06 AM | #3 |
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Quite probably... But then given that the ITC ban on iStuff (albeit older ones) was vetoed a couple of days ago, they might just want to learn a bit of give and take otherwise the stamping their feet like a child and shouting "it's not fair" probably won't do them any favours in the long term.
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We have heard a lot of wailing about the iTunes store, the oversight, the rules, the rigidity, etc., and I can see those people that complained a lot utilizing the FED Oversight to their advantage, kind of like kids on the playground complaining to a supervising teacher. "Dear Big Fed, little Apple isn't playing nice with us! We never get to kick the ball." |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...571156348.html let's see if Obama vetos it.... Last edited by kennyc; 08-09-2013 at 08:59 PM. |
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