A dissatisfied iTunes user is suing Apple Computing Inc., claiming that the company is breaking antitrust laws by not freeing up its iTunes service for other media players. ITunes is only compatible with the Apple iPod.
ITunes is also compatible with home stereo systems. Californian Thomas Slattery is suing for damages as he was “forced” to buy an iPod media player. Law analysts say that the suit is a long shot and Slattery must prove iTunes is a market on its own.
The suit states: “Apple has unlawfully bundled, tied, and/or leveraged its monopoly in the market for the sale of legal online digital music recordings to thwart competition in the separate market for portable hard drive digital music players…"
