A federal judge orders Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs to be deposed in an antitrust suit that...

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Wyatt Junker Comments (4505)
 
I think I mentioned this very thing on one of our Apple cult threads two weeks ago.
22 Mar 2011, 11:51 AM Reply Like

Internal Source Comments (313)
 
Excellent - SJ looking fit, trim, testifying, no problems getting there, still engaged with AAPL entirely, etc. will be great for the stock. Anybody think SJ is 'stepping down' with all this going on? He's in it to win it.
22 Mar 2011, 11:55 AM Reply Like

wyostocks Comments (5354)
 
I'll bet he claims that he is too sick to testify.
22 Mar 2011, 11:58 AM Reply Like

balan Comments (52)
 
as strong as Apple is, Steve does not need the stress.
22 Mar 2011, 12:04 PM Reply Like

D3 Comment (1)
 
LOL - the only reason anyone can claim it's a monopoly is the fact that everyone has iPods!! Apple just suffers from being the best product and service out there - and the music industry doesn't seem to be getting hurt either... SJ had the brilliance to change the world - again - and now all the me-too-wannabe-crybabies just pull the Feds into a costly legal fiasco. By the way - Apple just copies other ideas and makes them great. SJ says they are shameless about it as well they should! Anybody could have done this but there's only one Apple!!!
22 Mar 2011, 02:31 PM Reply Like

emburns Comments (217)
 
@ KMI...so you're saying that it should be legal to use other music software containing pirated music to be used on AAPL's proprietary software? Sounds anti-competitive to me.
22 Mar 2011, 11:14 PM Reply Like

kmi Comments (3844)
 
See if you can understand this. If Apple is taking advantage of its majority control of the marketplace to shut down competition it should be punished, period.

If the solution to the anticompetitive behavior is to force Apple to allow other music software on Apple's platform, yes.

Your comment is crafted to imply that all music not acquired via Apple's sources is pirated. And that Apple is the arbiter of what is "pirated" or not, and also the vehicle by which rights holder must therefore secure their content.

This alone tells me that you believe that yes, Apple is a monopoly, and the only legitimate source of non-pirated music.

That said, I submit you are wrong, Apple is not the only provider of non pirated content in the world, and that regardless of content's provenance, Apple is not the party who should be enforcing content rights, unless Apple explicitly states that it will do so, with all that implies.
23 Mar 2011, 09:05 AM Reply Like