Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to new royalty policy

Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by gress on Friday June 19, 2015 @11:13AM (#9745321)

Ownership isn't measured by the ability to do what you want with something. It's the exclusive right to do what you want with something.

Apple's music licenses do not prevent artists or labels from selling their music elsewhere.

What Apple does own is its own platform.

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Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by bakhy on Friday June 19, 2015 @12:00PM (#9745628)

Compare this with Microsoft and the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. Certainly, the MS case sounds like a joke when compared against this. And MS lost...

To me, this Apple story is clearly an abuse of dominant market position.

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Re:Apple threatens to remove music if bands don’t agree to n... by gress on Sunday June 21, 2015 @02:07PM (#9754343)

So you are asserting that Apple isn't facing serious competition in the music space.

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