Apple and record companies to face Brussels over EU music distribution

The European Commission will this week meet with consumer icon Apple and major record companies over allegations that Apple's online music store iTunes restricts consumer choice within the 27-member Union, which is against the EU's legal principle of free competition.

Apple and the some of the world's four major record companies will on Wednesday and Thursday (19-20 September) defend their music distribution structure before the EU executive's anti-trust officials.

If Brussels con...