Consumer Watchdog Asks European Commission To Investigate Apple’s New Streaming Music Business

The European Commission should “investigate tactics reportedly used by Apple to drive out ‘freemium’ (commercial sponsored) streaming music and unfairly dominate the streaming music business,” Consumer Watchdog said in a letter to European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, a news release said. Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court and Privacy Project Director John Simpson sent a similar letter to the FTC and Justice Department last week (see 1507220066) and asked the agencies to investigate the company for possible antitrust violations. “Apple is utilizing its market power in much the way the company did in setting e-book prices,” the letters said.