Computer company Apple Inc. had claimed that it was the record companies decision. not theirs, to offer music on their iTunes service that could only be played on their iPod player. Apple and the EMI music company have just announced that songs from EMI artists will now be available in higher quality audio. and without copy protection for thirty cents more than the 99 cents that each song currently costs. Meanwhile. the European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into iTunes. for only allowing customers to buy music from an iTunes store in the country where they live. According to the commission." Consumers are thus restricted in their choice of where to buy music and consequently what music is available, and at what price."
