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Larry Dignan over at ZDNet, examines the latest predicament Apple finds itself in, a lawsuit over its digital music monopoly. I am certainly no expert here but with its massive market share and proprietary format, it is difficult to see how Apple will avoid being forced to open the iPod and iTunes to other formats.
Apple has engaged in tying and monopolizing behavior, placing unneeded and unjustifiable technological restrictions on its most popular products in an effort to restrict consumer choice and restrain what little remains of its competition in the digital music markets. Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has himself compared Apple's digital music dominance to Microsoft's personal computer operating system dominance."