In recent weeks, various information has appeared that indicate that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would intend to launch a audio streaming service together with multiple US record companies, and although he hasn't even been announced yet, The European Commission expresses concern about him. Although nothing official about it has been announced, the European Commission has started contacting various record companies to try to find out what kind of agreements they have concluded with the Apple company, fearing that the Americans will use their power to force the companies to abandon free ad-based services.
Although no one he doesn't know for sure what would be the basis of the intention of the European Commission, some speculate that an official complaint made by one of the competing streaming services of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would be motivated The European Commission to act. In this idea, multiple record companies received questionnaires from the European Commission, they were asked about the agreements they would have concluded with Apple for the audio streaming service, but it is not known who would have received them and what would be answer.
The commission, which also has contacted Apple's music-streaming rivals, is said to be concerned that the company will use its size, relationships and influence to persuade labels to abandon free, ad-supported services such as Spotify, which depend on licenses with music companies for their catalogs. Such questionnaires are often triggered by a formal complaint to the Commission, the EU's top competition authority.
If these questionnaires will reveal the fact that Apple abused its position in the market and the large number of users to force record companies to abandon the free system, then the European Commission will launch an official investigation and force Apple to change its strategies of business. According to the information that has appeared so far, this new audio streaming service would be presented in June during WWDC 2014, the launch could take place together with iOS 8.4.
