said by ifarrell:You've gotta know this debate will drag on for years just as the MS Windows debate did.
It'll eventually go to court, Apple will have a completely separate iTunes in the EU and Scandinavia then it will quietly disappear.
It is all PR, related to the fact that several EU countries and now the whole EU is thinking of hauling apple into court for monopoly practices. By throwing the blame on the Music companies(3 of the big 4 music companies are EU companies), he can shift the blame back to the EU. That is, he's telling them to clean their own house up before throwing stones at his windows.