UK Group Complains of Higher ITunes Cost
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A consumer&#39;s group said Wednesday it has complained to government regulators about the cost of downloading music from Apple&#39;s iTunes system.
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The Consumers&#39; Association has accused iTunes - the music download service from Apple - of ripping off UK punters by charging them 20 per cent more than European counterparts.
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LONDON A British consumers&#39; lobbying group has complained to the Office of Fair Trading about prices on Apple&#39;s iTunes online music download service.
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A recording industry group fired back Wednesday at Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, suggesting his company should open up its anti-piracy technology to its rivals instead of urging major record labels to strip copying restrictions from music sold online.
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InfoWorld - Just because three major online music retailers bind their music stores to specific portable players doesn&#39;t make it acceptable, a Norwegian consumer group leading the charge against Apple&#39;s DRM (digital rights management) policy says.
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Virgin Electronics is challenging Apple&#39;s iPod digital-music player, launching its own 5-GB device. Virgin&#39;s player can store more than 1,200 tracks and sells for $249.
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The Consumers&#39; Association (CA) has accused Apple of taking too big a bite out of UK music lovers&#39; money. It has asked the Office of Fair (OFT) to investigate the potential breach of competition law.
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By Graham Brough  THE Beatles are set for a pounds 500million-a-year bonanza after settling a long dispute with computer giant Apple.  The settlement means the Fab Four's entire back catalogue will be available on iTunes at 79p a song.
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British music fans will pay less for  downloads from Apple's  online iTunes store after Apple  Chief Executive Steve Jobs reached a deal with the European  Commission.
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The Guardian (UK) has published an article looking at the battle between Apple and everyone else in the online music download business.
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Britain's music fans will pay 10  percent less for downloads from Apple's  online iTunes  stores within six months, the European Commission said on  Wednesday.
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A consumer group in the United Kingdom has requested that authorities investigate iTunes' pricing schedule.
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Despite Consumer Association accusations that Apple overcharges for iTunes tracks in the UK, its monthly magazine, Which?, continues to celebrate Apple&#39;s iPod.
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The European Union's Consumer Protection Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, has lashed out at Apple, claiming that the company's strategy of bundling iTunes and iPods together is unfair to consumers.
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Blog: Some Webcasters say they're encouraged by recent offers by the record industry group charged with collecting higher fees--including a potential reprieve for some smaller online DJs.--but nothing's set in stone yet.
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Apple has responded to a midnight Wednesday deadline in relation to antitrust concerns over the pricing of songs on its iTunes online music store across different European countries. The European Commission has expressed concerns about Apple setting unfair iTunes pricing prohibiting users in one country from downloading music from a website intended to serve another. A European commission spokesperson said: &quot;They answered yesterday and we are studying [the response] carefully at this point.&quot;
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Apple Inc. will scrap its iTunes pricing policies across Europe and charge consumers in Britain and the rest of Europe the same for music downloads, the company and the European Union said Wednesday.