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U.S. Justice Department to probe into iTunes' dominance

article published on 26 May, 2010

According to sources close to the talks, it appears the U.S. Justice Department has been looking into whether Apple "unfairly dominates" the digital music market with its popular iTunes store. The sources say the Justice Department has been contacting music labels and other digital music providers, asking broad questions about the nature of the market in general, and Apple's role in it. ... [ read the full article ]

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DXR88
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_ 		26. May 2010 @ 22:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DoJ sticking its nose where it don't belong yet again.
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KillerBug
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_ 		26. May 2010 @ 23:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Apple's dominance is due to ease...itunes is easy to use, and stupid people don't know any better. Simple as that...if Amazon made the iPod/iPhone/iPad, then apple would probably have less than 9%.
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Mrguss
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_ 		27. May 2010 @ 00:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
MP3's Compress Music. No my cup of tea....not even for free !
I pass.....thx.
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Jake_C
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_ 		27. May 2010 @ 11:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Mrguss:
 MP3's Compress Music. No my cup of tea....not even for free !
I pass.....thx.
You cant't here the differance though if you use high bite rates etc though...?

Though I think apple do dominate it's just because everyone knows how to use itunes and not so much about amazons mp3 store.
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joe777
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_ 		31. May 2010 @ 15:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Jake_C:
Originally posted by Mrguss:
 MP3's Compress Music. No my cup of tea....not even for free !
I pass.....thx.
You cant't here the differance though if you use high bite rates etc though...?

Though I think apple do dominate it's just because everyone knows how to use itunes and not so much about amazons mp3 store.
When using a vbr on mp3 it is not so bad but there still is a big difference in sound quality. To much for me also. I suppose if you use shitty playing devices then you might not notice so much.
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s_c47
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_ 		1. June 2010 @ 02:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good. Maybe this will be the first nail in Apple's coffin.
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