Italy anti-trust fines Apple for misleading customers

[mameks]

Italy's anti-trust body has fined units of U.S. technology group Apple Inc a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance.

The authority said Apple Sales International, Apple Italia and Apple Retail Italia did not properly inform customers that they were entitled to two years of free assistance under Italian law. Three Apple spokesmen contacted by Reuters weren't immediately available for comment.

Information provided about an extra guarantee scheme, the "AppleCare Protection Plan," encouraged customers to buy the service without clearly explaining that it overlapped with the free assistance required by law, the competition authority said.

Apple faces a separate investigation by European regulators into whether it struck price-fixing deals with e-book publishers, blocking rivals and hurting consumers.

EU antitrust authorities are also probing Apple over its patents dispute with Samsung Electronics due to concerns that intellectual property rights may be unfairly used by some firms against their rivals.

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[Skelletonike]

Go Europe!! Make apple pay.

 

[Ace Overclocked]

go italy

 

[jarejare3]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

 

[ferofax]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

 

[jarejare3]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

I like Apple products, Itunes and mac and all, But i rather have windows for Os or Buy/Download the songs myself

EDIT: is there any difference? Between the two?

 

[chyyran]

Yay

I guess that's what you get when you accuse something of stealing

*cough*ANDROID*cough*

 

[ferofax]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

I like Apple products, Itunes and mac and all, But i rather have windows for Os or Buy/Download the songs myself

EDIT: is there any difference? Between the two?

Why, yes there is. Apple products are the iDevices. Apple, on the other hand, is the company that likes to harass other companies by suing the living shit out of them. i don't hate the products, but I despise the company as a whole.

 

[jarejare3]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

I like Apple products, Itunes and mac and all, But i rather have windows for Os or Buy/Download the songs myself

EDIT: is there any difference? Between the two?

Why, yes there is. Apple products are the iDevices. Apple, on the other hand, is the company that likes to harass other companies by suing the living shit out of them. i don't hate the products, but I despise the company as a whole.

Oh i see, I don't use Apple a lot so i don't know what they do to deserve it, But yeah now that you mention it, In guess they did sew people a lot lately

 

[coolness]

Lol, this is some great news for my parents

 

[alidsl]

Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

I like Apple products, Itunes and mac and all, But i rather have windows for Os or Buy/Download the songs myself

EDIT: is there any difference? Between the two?

Why, yes there is. Apple products are the iDevices. Apple, on the other hand, is the company that likes to harass other companies by suing the living shit out of them. i don't hate the products, but I despise the company as a whole.

Oh i see, I don't use Apple a lot so i don't know what they do to deserve it, But yeah now that you mention it, In guess they did sew people a lot lately

Omg they sew people

 

[jarejare3]

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Should i say yes or no? I mean i like Apple, But i like Others mroe than apple.

What, you like Apple? Or do you like Apple products? Because they're not mutually exclusive you know...

I like Apple products, Itunes and mac and all, But i rather have windows for Os or Buy/Download the songs myself

EDIT: is there any difference? Between the two?

Why, yes there is. Apple products are the iDevices. Apple, on the other hand, is the company that likes to harass other companies by suing the living shit out of them. i don't hate the products, but I despise the company as a whole.

Oh i see, I don't use Apple a lot so i don't know what they do to deserve it, But yeah now that you mention it, In guess they did sew people a lot lately

Omg they sew people

Its a typo and its in the EoF......I
No biggie XD

 

[mameks]

Its a typo and its in the EoF......I
No biggie XD

We're totally in the USN.

 

[jarejare3]

Its a typo and its in the EoF......I
No biggie XD

We're totally in the USN.

the post count does not Count here.....(or does it? I Haven't temped in a year) Ok fine

Apple has been Suing Other grand companies, and We are not in the Eof!

EDIT: No comment

 

[triassic911]

Sounds like ordinary Apple to me.

 

[Qtis]

Its a typo and its in the EoF......I
No biggie XD

We're totally in the USN.

the post count does not Count here.....(or does it? I Haven't temped in a year) Ok fine

Apple has been Suing Other grand companies, and We are not in the Eof!

EDIT: No comment

User Submitted News is a normal part of the forum just like everything else except EoF. So EoF stuff should be left in EoF

OT: Not really a surprise there. The last part mentioned in the text could also be a part of many other law suits around, not just Apple. Patents weren't originally created to hamper rivals, it was made to compensate for the R&D costs. R&D costs =/= draconian costs for using said tech.