[TC @ Jun 7th 2006 3:31PM]

Stephen: No one is forcing the Norwegian government to allow Apple to sell it's goods in Norway either; the point here is that if Apple want some lovely Norwegian cash they will have to play by the rules of the country they sell in, not just impose their own corporate laws on those that buy the product.
iTunes is crippled by the draconian DRM it uses. It won't let you convert purchased music to Mp3 so you can use a non-Apple audio player. You have to burn the AAC's to CD and then convert that to Mp3; so if you don't buy an iPod to listen to your own music, it'll be a pain to get it on another player. This would be considered monopoly leverage in most countries, and should be changed (how about allowing the consumer to choose what format to download for example)
The problem Apple faced is they have had to initially be lapdogs for the record labels or risk the closure of iTunes. Now with declining CD sales and hightened reliance on downloaded tracks, Apple should be in a position to fight a bit more - and hopefully have a chance at turning iTunes into something decent.