Steve Jobs called california court

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently still undergoing medical leave, must meet the California subpoena to testify against antitrust claims related to the iPod music player and iTunes store.

Based on the incoming file on the Northern California District Court in San Jose, Judge Howard R. Lloyd expecting Jobs to answer questions about RealNetworks’s Harmony technology.

Technology is introduced in 2004 and allows songs sold online by RealNetworks playable on iPods. In fact, the encryption technology used by Apple to prevent it. Not long thereafter, Apple also released the latest edition of the software for the iPod and iTunes.

Jobs calls the court as a witness because it is judged to have unique information and can be obtained directly about this issue. It is quoted from Straits Times.

Lawsuit against Apple has been posted since 2005, led by Thomas Slattery who accuse Apple a monopoly in the market for digital music players and audio downloads.

Before 2009, Apple uses Fairplay to the songs sold on iTunes music store to prevent the user doing piracy. Fairplay to limit the songs to be played only on iPods, so users who have another digital music player can not play the song.