The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Thomas O.
Barnett, believes that Apple’s iTunes and iPod model doesn’t harm consumers, saying this week that European governments and regulators should take a hands-off approach when it comes to the company’s digital music duo. “Apple provides a useful illustration of how an attack on intellectual-property rights can threaten dynamic innovation,” Barnett said in a speech at the George Mason University School of Law Symposium.
“Antitrust law protects competition, not competitors. There are real costs to using antitrust law to protect competitors rather than competition.
