Apple Wins Antitrust Lawsuit For Allegedly Deleting Songs from Users' iPods

A class action antitrust lawsuit was charged against Apple from 2006 to 2009 when the company allegedly deleted songs purchased through rival services from users’ iPods without first informing them. Subsequently, the companies seeked a total of $350 million in damages, as a result of having to spend more money because of Apple’s actions. Today, The New York Time reports that jury has ruled in Apples favor because not only did they find Apple’s software updates to deliver actual benefits for its users, they were unable to find any customers who were harmed by the deletions. A spokesperson for Apple stated, “We created iPod and iTunes to give our customers the world’s best way to listen to music. Every time we’ve updated those products — and every Apple product over the years — we’ve done it to make the user experience even better.” Currently, a plaintiff lawyer said that they are planning on an appeal to the case.