According to Distorted Loop, Apple is seeking a pan-EU deal for licensing and distributing music through the iTunes Music Store. Rather than deal with each country individually, Apple is seeking to create one iTunes Zone for all of the countries within the EU.
The news is revealed within a series of documents published by the European Union today, following last year’s historic European meeting on pan-European music licensing rights. European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes has welcomed progress made towards pan-European music licensing following discussions in the Online Commerce Roundtable.
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