Is Apple about to choke on its own feculent, albeit, extremely well designed, fruits? A new threat to iTunes should have C.E.O. Steve Jobs
dome crackling like a Jacobs Laddder.

A judge in Northern California green lighted plaintiff Thomas Slattery
s efforts to pursue a class-action suit against Apple. At stake is DRM-tunes 80% market share, thanks mainly to its anti-competitive tying of the iTunes store and the iTunes player.

The question is, with Apple
s huge cult-base, who
s going to join? Oh wait, people stuck in dull little boxes performing dull little tasks. Like making money.

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