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The digital music market is a rapidly booming industry with the sale of songs downloaded from the internet growing at over 100 percent a year in the EU alone (Photo: EUobserver)

Apple boss defends iTunes in face of European backlash

Apple's chief executive has told European consumer groups upset with the company's iTunes online music store to direct their anger towards the big record labels instead, as they are the ones demanding copyright restrictions.

"Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free," Steve Jobs said in a rare statement on Tuesday (6 February) about so-called digital rights-managed (DRM) music sol...

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The digital music market is a rapidly booming industry with the sale of songs downloaded from the internet growing at over 100 percent a year in the EU alone (Photo: EUobserver)

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