The European Commission is investigating Apple and itsgood buddy EMI , along with the relief of the Big Four ( Sony BMG , Universal and Warner ) for antitrust violations because iTunes charges different prices in different land . British folk , for illustration , plain get a mellisonant € 0.17 discount per cut for not last in mainland Europe . The EU reckon that ’s a load of crap — anticompetitive crap , to be precise — and wants the cost to be the same in every EU res publica .
https://gizmodo.com/official-emi-to-release-music-drm-free-248836
For its part , Apple ’s enounce that they too , desire monovular pricing across the continent from the very bottom of its nerve , but those damned record labels wo n’t have them . Where have we pick up thatbefore ?
https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-on-drm-it-must-die-234448
To cut them some slack though , as Ars does , manage with effectual labyrinths that edit across internal borders doubtless cause quite the cephalalgia , and practically it would probably be easier for Apple to just offer one store for everyone , disregarding of location , simply slightly localized . So we ’ll take Apple at their word , for now .
EU investigating Apple , Big Four labels over land - specific pricing[Ars Technica ]
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