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Apple's iTunes: Rapid Sales Acceleration

@kdogz13

Apple was and still is REQUIRED by the record labels to provided DRM. Jobs has stated publicly that if the labels would let Apple sell their songs unlocked, they would.

Besides, Amazon now offers unlocked songs and so does iTunes for a minor premium. There are also programs and script codes to automatically strip the DRM from iTunes and other DRM'd songs. Apple's monopoly comes from quality, ease of use and design, not from anti-competative behaviour.

Apple's iTunes: Rapid Sales Acceleration

Toni, the ENTIRE market is going/went down.