Apple was sued exclusively for tying up the iPod and iTunes

A resident of Florida (USA) has filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company is trying to build a monopoly mechanism in the digital music market by "tying up" the iPod to the iTunes Store.

According to the lawsuit, Frederick Black accused behavior of not allowing users to transfer the content they bought on iTunes to other non-iPod devices or transfer content purchased from another provider. The iPod is completely illegal.

This means that if a user spoils or loses an iPod, they will have no choice but to buy a new iPod death to get the content purchased on the iTunes Store. Apple does not accept the transfer of these content to non-manufacturer devices.

The case file was filed with the Florida District Court in August, but was later transferred to the Southern California District Court. Black requested compensation of up to $ 15,000. However, the compensation may increase to $ 45,000 if Black asks Apple to pay the cost of the lawsuit.

Analysts say that the lawsuit is unlikely to succeed. First, to transfer music between iPod or other device on the plaintiff can buy digital music without integrated DRM copyright protection technology. Users who buy this digital music can copy the transmission to any device they want. And secondly, Apple recently officially provided digital music without DRM integration on iTunes.

Recently Apple's newly launched smartphone - iPhone - has also been sued exclusively because Apple has tied the iPhone to AT&T service provider, not allowing US users to choose a mobile service provider. action other than AT&T. The lawsuit has not yet reached a final conclusion.

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