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Title: U.S. Senator urges investigation of Apple's music streaming policies Post by: HCK on July 24, 2015, 09:00:10 pm U.S. Senator urges investigation of Apple's music streaming policies
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple’s licensing terms for competing music streaming services may be raising prices for consumers, a potential unfair competition issue that should be investigated, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.</p><p> Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat representing Minnesota, called on the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether Apple’s licensing terms for streaming music apps puts competing companies at a disadvantage.</p><p> Apple charges a 30 percent fee for in-app purchases and prohibits app developers from telling users that lower-cost products may be available to customers directly from their websites, Franken wrote in a letter (https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3208) to the agencies.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2951992/business/senator-calls-for-investigation-of-apples-music-streaming-policies.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: U.S. Senator urges investigation of Apple's music streaming policies (http://www.macworld.com/article/2951992/business/senator-calls-for-investigation-of-apples-music-streaming-policies.html#tk.rss_all) |