Outcome of $350 million iTunes class-action suit rests on single plaintiff

Outcome of $350 million iTunes class-action suit rests on single plaintiff

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/outcome-350-million-itunes-class-action-suit-rests-single-plaintiff' title="Outcome of $350 million iTunes class-action suit rests on single plaintiff"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/06/ipod_touch_blue_back_hero.jpg?itok=4f8zhcbB' />[/url]</p> <p>Lawyers in the $350 million class-action suit filed against Apple over DRM issues with iTunes withdrew one of their two plaintiffs in the case after it was discovered that the person did not purchase an iPod during the period in question. Lawyers accused Apple of locking the iPod to digital music purchased from iTunes from September 2006 through March 2009 and it appears that one of the plaintiffs did not purchase an Apple music player during that time frame.</p>  <p>Even claims made by the second plaintiff may not be solid. As reported by the New York Times, Apple's lawyers provided a receipt showing that the second plaintiff had purchased her iPod outside of the time window raised by the suit:</p>

<p>That leaves one named plaintiff. And Apple said in a letter filed with the court late Wednesday night that it checked the serial number of an iPod Touch bought by that woman, Mariana Rosen, and found that it was bought in July 2009, months after the period in question. The company on Friday filed a motion asking that the case be dismissed altogether on the grounds that the iPods purchased by the two plaintiffs were not bought during that time period.</p>