iTunes Scandal? Apple Investigated For High Prices.

The basic facts: Apple charges UK iTunes Music Store customer 79-pence, approximately 1.2 Euros (approximately $1.40 US) for a single song. French and German customers are charged only .99 Euros—20-percent less. A similar song on the US iTunes Music Store is only 99-cents.

Why the huge disparity in pricing?

The Consumer’s Association has called on the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading to investigate Apple because the company appears to be practicing an anticompetitive and discriminatory pricing structure.

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