The fall of a giant?

Early in the week i found out that my favorite company in the world, Apple, was being investigated by the government. Now at first I was really confused as to what the could have done to be investigated so i had to do some research. Apple is being investigated for possibly being a digital music monopoly. The proof they have against Apple is since Ipods are the biggest and most selling MP3 players on the market they should be able to work with any music player. Well Ipods only work with Itunes, there use to be a program that would allow you to change stuff over and make it Itunes compatible but, that program got shut down because Jobs wouldnt work with it. Apple's Ipods have almost taken over the MP3 player industry, shutting down names like the Zune and the Zen. Since Itunes is really the only thing we have to choose from for downloading music and Itunes only works properly with Ipods can this mean trouble for Apple and Steve Jobs? All the consumers want is for Apple to allow WMA format to work on the Ipods, this wouldnt cost them much money since WMA format is what you get with Windows Media which is the 2nd biggest music player. Apple doesnt seem like they are going to give in to any demands and allow the music to be switched from player to player to please the consumers. Apple sells music from the Itunes store that is protected with "FairPlay." FairPlay is a program that protects all the music on your Itunes and backs them up but, it also doesnt allow you to copy them and put them on any other music player, only onto your Ipod. This could cause a problem for Apple and maybe lose them some customers, but i dont really see it hurting them in the long run.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/apple-ceo-steve-jobs-has-been-ordered-to-answer-questions-from-lawyers-representing-consumers-who-in-a-class-action-lawsui.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/141009/apple_music_monopoly_lawsuit_seeks_classaction_status.html