Nothing breeds lawsuits like success. And for Apple, the New Year is bringing a rash of them. Earlier that week, Apple disclosed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that an iPod customer, Melanie Tucker, has filed a suit against the company, claiming that Apple violates antitrust laws by not allowing music bought on iTunes to be played on non-Apple music players.

Tucker is seeking class-action status and asking the U.S. District Court for Northern California to force

Apple to build iTunes purchases compatible with devices other than the iPod and to pay damages to anyone who bought an iPod or iTunes track after April 28, 2003.

On New Year’s Eve, another iPod buyer, Stacie Somers, filed a similar suit, additionally seeking class-action status. Somers is claiming that Apple illegally restrains competition by not making its music compatible with Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. Like Tucker, Somers alleges […]

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