Apple was sued in 2005 due to bans imposed on customers who bought music through iTunes, being accused of violating US antitrust laws.
In 2005, the Apple company forbade its customers to listen to the music purchased from iTunes in other mp3 players outside of their own iPods, a company finding a method to avoid this practice of Apple. Of course like Apple did not want to license them the software to allow users to listen to music anywhere and anytime, and in the end it was chosen with a process that 9 years later could result in a serious fine for those from Cupertino.
Apple is accused of violating the antitrust legislation because it wanted to maintain its monopoly regarding the possibility of listening to the music purchased from iTunes, and it seems that the court judging this case could win for the customers. Of course, no one knows this for sure at the moment, but if the decision will be favorable to them, then all those affected by Apple's practice will receive equivalent compensation from the total of up to 350 million dollars that could be awarded.
