Bloomberg is reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave his deposition for 2005 lawsuit regarding FairPlay, on April 12th, and since then Apple is now requesting that the case be thrown out.
Here’s a lengthy excerpt:
“Apple’s view is that iPods work better when consumers use the iTunes jukebox rather than third party software that can cause corruption or other problems,” [Apple attorney Robert] Mittelstaedt said at a hearing.
Apple had cited 58 consumer downloading complaints as the source of its decision to upgrade iPods to exclude other companies’ downloads working with the hand-held devices.
A decision on whether the case will be thrown out, will be made next month. If the case does continue, the judge has stated that it could come down to a “battle of the experts.” Due to the lack of scientific evidence from either plaintiff, in regards to whether third-party downloads caused a problem.
As had been previously reported, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was ordered to give a deposition in court for a 2005 lawsuit regarding the company’s then-in-use FairPlay DRM system for content bought on the iTunes Music Store. The lawsuit all boiled down to a claim that Apple wan’t playing nice and with the use of FairPlay prevented RealNetworks content from being played back on iPods.
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