Former engineer team iPod testified against Apple in the case of the removal of Music

In a US court continued

 the hearing on the case of illegal disposal of music with the iPod, the Apple is indirectly carried out in the period from 2007 to 2009. On Friday, the court heard the last witness in the case, which was a former engineer team iPod.

Engineer named Rod Schultz as a witness summoned lawyers of the injured party. He worked on security technology music FairPlay, which was recently described in detail Eddy Cue, in the period from 2006 to 2007. One of his tasks as a developer was blocking 100% of the music services other than iTunes. Engineer left Apple in 2008, but before that was involved in the project code-named Candy.

Thus, from the witness should be that Apple actually had the intention to discourage the use of third-party music service owners iPod, which is a clear violation of the antitrust laws. Nevertheless, Schultz said, and the official position of Apple in this case differ.

As the engineer was just one of the cogs in the mechanism, which was supposed to protect the players from the iPod music from the third-party music services, it may well not be aware of the true intentions of Apple. In particular, the company's lawyers insist that it is the record companies have forced Apple to introduce DRM-protected to prevent the spread of pirated music.

In addition, the US company plans included the protection of the quality of their products, which could be compromised if users are actively using alternative music services to download music on your iPod. A former engineer, in turn, is confident that this practice led to the dominance of the player on the market. Probably Schultz harbored some resentment toward his former employer.

While the position of both parties do not seem convincing enough to be able to make a fair decision, observing the business side. However, Rod Schultz was the last witness in the case. Now the judge plans to provide a solution to this conflict jury next week. Apple could face fines as $ 350 million in favor of disgruntled owners of iPod, and $ 1 billion, if the company's actions will be classified as a violation of antitrust laws.