Norway Drops iTunes Complaint

By Geoff Duncan
February 05, 2009

Now that Apple is taking iTunes DRM-free, Norway has decided to drop its complaint that iTunes content was tied to Apple software and devices.

At Apple's final Macworld Expo in January, the company announced all music for sale via iTunes would be offered in DRM-free, 256 Kbps AAC format, with the company anticipating the store's entire 10 million song catalog would be available DRM-free by the end of the first quarter of 2009. (Users can now update their DRM-laden tracks a la carte if they like). One upshot of Apple taking iTunes DRM-free is that Norway has decided to drop its long-standing complaints against Apple that the iTunes store violated consumer rights by tying content purchases to Apple software and devices. Now that Apple is taking the music store DRM-free, Norway's consumer ombudsman Bjørn Erik Thon has decided not to pursue a case against Apple.

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