[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Wait... what? Apple persuaded music labels to NOT provide exclusive songs to Amazon and Apple is being investigated for anti-trust? Uh, isn't this completely backwards? I would much rather have these songs available on iTunes and Amazon Marketplace than exclusively one or the other. As far as this article goes it sounds as if Apple did it's own trust busting and stopped music labels from having any sort of exclusive agreement. I'm ignorant on this type of stuff but what the heck did Apple do wrong and why should we, the consumers, be mad at them? From the article I'm feeling the exact opposite.[/citation]
Huh.. Apple defending "open markets"!? What you have smoking? I want the same!
1. Apple was the last one to remove DRM from their store.
2. Apple has not removed the DRM from audiobooks and movies.
3. Apple has several exclusive offerings on iTunes.
4. Apple insist that iPhone is sold only on AT&T network. And has argued that unlocking and jail-braking should be illegal.
They are not doing this from altruistic reason, but if they can't have advantage nobody else should have advantage, but if they can have advantage they will take it.
By the way this has nothing to do with consumers. It is power struggle between the record companies and Apple. So did Apple created a monopoly for themselves?
No. The USA Congress and other lawmakers created the monopoly. Copyright was met to be temporary monopoly to stimulate creation of new art, but over the year this monopoly was extended to lifetime of the author + 70 years.
Apple tricked the Music executives to consolidate individual monopolies under Apple's control. This is fight between RIAA and Apple and I don't care. I will stick with independent artists.
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