Apple better get lobbying fast. There may be provisions for free commerce and antitrust that would give an angle to Apple to attack this position.

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It seems to me very difficult to implement this legislation at a European-wide level because it would take too big of a bite into Apple's business. Right now, Apple's is the leading model in terms of digital music.

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European laws apply to each individual country above the laws that have been passed in those specific countries. So it is a possibility that Apple could go to the European courts to have this law ruled unconstitutional according to the European rules. Apple may be headed into a legal battle.

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