Apple has dominant market position is not abused when the iTunes software is so adapted that competitors offside stood. This means Apple does not pay a compensation to iPod-owners, who are bothered of the software changes.
The jury of the court in the American Oakland found that Apple in the challenged software update where the music from the iPod deleted if it is not in iTunes was purchased, is not an abuse of its market position. According to the jury, there were in the new software, however reliable software improvements, which Apple cannot be held responsible for inconvenience caused to users of competitive software this downturn.
The statement seems to Apple to escape a compensation, which many hundreds of millions of dollars could amount to. However, it is possible that the prosecutors can appeal. In the class action lawsuit are millions of iPod owners connected. The case went to the 2006-2009 period, when Apple according to the indictment its market position used to set the prices of iPods artificially high to keep.
Apple gave itself in the lawsuit that the software updates are an attempt wanted to do for the security of iTunes to improve. According to the company, iTunes was in the period around 2008 “totally hacked”. A former employee said, however, that Apple purposely the competition tried to interfere.