After only three-hours, the jury in a 10 year old dispute reached a verdict favoring Apple. The federal jury found that Apple’s iTunes 7.0 software was a technological improvement for iPods rather than an attempt to monopolize digital music.
Along with improvements such as the addition of games and movies to iPods, iTunes 7.0 included FairPlay. FairPlay was a digital rights protection system that only permitted songs purchased through iTunes or on CDs to play on iPods. Songs purchased from competitors would not work. …
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