(photo: dpa, Maja Hitij) 
A former iTunes developer has stated in the current proceeding, his task was to “block 100 percent of non-iTunes clients”. Also for the exclusion of MP3 players in the competition he was allegedly responsible.
Apple has tried “to block 100 percent of non-iTunes clients” as well as MP3 players to competition from iTunes exclude – this explained the former iTunes developer Rod Schultz as part of the iTunes monopoly action, such as the Wall Street Journal reports the in the years 2006 and 2007, entrusted with this iTunes developer was of the plaintiff. . been summoned – he did not want to voluntarily talk about his work at Apple, Schultz said in court
The plaintiff as citing a book authored by Schultz paper on the “many facades of DRM”: There, the developer writes , in 2007, Apple has decided to stop synchronization with other operating systems that do not support iTunes -. especially Linux “The entire iPod database was already reverse-engineered and until then, Apple had no problem with it. The task of this ‘fix’ to fell me, “said Schulz. An authentication protocol should ensure that the iPod can only sync through iTunes. The document, however, was not approved by the competent judge as proof.
Apple argued again, these measures were necessary for the protection of the DRM system as well as the iTunes appearance for the user – the interplay of iTunes with other MP3 players or the balance of the iPod through third-party software would have led to difficulties
The ten-year-old iTunes monopoly action, in which Steve Jobs with a 2011 recorded statement came to speak, is their temporary end opposite: In this week are expected to juries in the train, the plaintiffs are suing Apple, by. to have close links from the iTunes Store, iTunes and iPod used the dominant position in the digital music market for anticompetitive increasing the iPod prices – they demand $ 350 million. (lbe)
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