According to a number of reports this week, summarized
here, DOJ is starting to collect evidence on various Apple dealings, including the purported strong arming of Sony and EMI with respect to digital music.
From the NY Times article:
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The Justice Department is examining Apple’s tactics in the market for digital music, and its staff members have talked to major music labels and Internet music companies, according to several people briefed on the conversations.
. . . . people briefed on the inquiries also said investigators had asked in particular about recent allegations that Apple used its dominant market position to persuade music labels to refuse to give the online retailer Amazon.com exclusive access to music about to be released.
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From the NY Post article:
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The Justice Dept.'s probe into Apple is expanding to include how the iPhone and iPad maker does business with media outfits in areas beyond music, The Post has learned.
According to several sources, the Justice Dept. has contacted a handful of the country's biggest media and technology companies to get their views on Apple, which, after years of casting itself as the tiny outsider, has become an 800-pound gorilla calling the shots in several arenas.
"The [Justice Dept.] is doing outreach," said one Hollywood industry source. "You can't dictate terms to the industry. The Adobe thing is just inviting the wrath of everybody."
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Further, as The Post reported this month, the Justice Dept. also is asking questions about the terms that Apple lays out for computer programmers who want to develop apps for the iPad.
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