Investigation initiated to Apple Music for unfair competition

Just announced with great fanfare on monday by Apple at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple Music is already in the sights of justice. The Attorney General of the State of New York Eric Schneiderman and his counterpart in Connecticut, George Jepsen, be interested closely the negotiations conducted by the Cupertino company with major record labels.
They were already part of the group of 33 prosecutors who sued Apple and book publishers for the agreement on tariffs for e-book. An amicable agreement was reached and the Apple brand had discharged 450 million dollars compensate.
The two prosecutors who conducting the investigation looking into whether the competition rules have been broken and have harmed competition. They suspect any particular pressure of Apple on labels or, conversely, if there could have been an agreement to weaken the free streaming services like Spotify.
It's the major Universal Music which revealed the affair by sending a letter of defense to the Attorney of New York. Also in Europe the European Commission examines closely the agreements between record companies and newcomer in paid streaming. For his part, the competition is organized. Spotify already next new rates arrival can counter the offer to 14.99 dollars/month for the family has up to six simultaneous users. In France, Spotify offers 5 people is € 29.99. In Sweden it's 20 dollars. A rate that could be generalized, suggests the director of the communication Jonathan Price.

Sourcen : LCI