A Norwegian consumer watchdog group has dropped its complaint against Apple’s iTunes, which the agency said unfairly tied the music purchased through the online store to the iPod player.Bjoern Erik Thon, Norway’s consumer mediator, said there was no reason to continue with the complaint, since Apple has said it would start selling music free of all digital rights management technology by April. The software, which is used for copyright protection, prevented music bought from iTunes from being played easily on other portable media players.
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Norway Drops Apple iTunes Complaint
A Norwegian consumer watchdog group has dropped its complaint against Apple’s iTunes, which the agency said unfairly tied the music purchased through the online store to the iPod player.