Oft Refers Itunes To Commission


The Register reports that the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is referring Apple’s iTunes service to the European Commission. The OFT is contention that the 20% divergence inward price-per-download betwixt the U.K. too French Republic too FRG is anticompetitive. Apple is blaming skillful erstwhile intellectual property, maxim that dissimilar licensing regimes betwixt the dissimilar Member States, together the dissimilar taxes applicable inward the dissimilar countries convey led to the cost differences. The licensing differences likewise hateful that Apple can’t brand the site of i Member State opened upwardly to those inward other Member States, though this declaration has been dependent area to incertitude since iTunes does convey a cross-border shop which includes some, simply non all, European Union Member States.

awaits the Commission’s determination amongst interest.
Expensive apples here, here too here

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