It's on: iTuner sues Apple for not supporting MP3 players
We admit, it is kind of lame that iTunes only supports the iPod (and, likewise, that the iPod only supports iTunes), but litigating over it? Well, an end user by the name of Thomas Slattery believes tying iTunes exclusively to the iPod has lasted a little too long now that Apple's selling nearly 90% of digital audio players in America. At least Microsoft attempted to "open" up their DRM/online music system to all manners of player (that paid to use the PlaysForSure logo, anyhow), so in that regard Apple's not got a leg to stand on. But we're definitely going to call it early that iTunes and the iPod together: not-monopolistic, well, not until RealNetworks got in the game. Then, a little more monopolistic than we'd like to say.
