Friday, April 14, 2006

iTunes Must Play Fair in French Music Market

An AFP newswire article, via PhysOrg.com, reports that:

Apple Computer Inc. should have anticipated that the exclusive union of its iPod music players and online iTunes store would be challenged in France, Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said.

"It should come as no surprise," Lagarde told reporters during a visit to San Francisco.

The trade minister made the remark when asked what she might say to Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs about a proposed copyright bill in France that would sever the link between the company's iPod players and iTunes online music store.

"Any time a company restricts competition in a market, it gets the attention of regulating agencies. We have to play by the rules of the game," she said.

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