Apple Facing Frivolous Monopoly Class-Action Suit
A class-action suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges Apple unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to monopolize the online music industry. The suit was filed Dec. 31 by Stacie Somers, a resident of San Diego County, California, who bought a 30GB iPod from Target, a retail store. Others who bought an iPod or content from Apple’s iTunes store...
eMusic Announces Robust Holiday Sales
eMusic, the second-largest digital download store, claims that holiday sales this past month were the strongest in the company’s history. According to the firm, its subscribers downloaded nearly half a million tracks on Christmas day. That total came as a result of doubling the number of new customer trials from Christmas day the previous year. The company now claims 400,000 paid subscribers, up from the 350,000 subscriptions...






