Apple Ceo Steve Jobs Called To Answer Questions In Itunes Antitrust Suit

Bloomberg reports that Steve Jobs will have to testify in an anti-trust suite which alleges that Apple operated a music-downloading monopoly.

At issue was Apple’s blockage of RealNetwork’s Harmony software which briefly allowed users to use RealNetworks’ music in iTunes and on iPods.  A few days after Harmony was released, Apple updated its own software to block Harmony from working in Apple’s Music ecosystem.

Apple has tried to fight any testimony from Jobs. In a memo filed on January 18, 2011, Apple’s legal team wrote:

It isn’t clear what affect Jobs’ medical status will have on his ability to testify.  The fact that he looked great at the iPad 2 announcement would seem to indicate he is physically fit to testify, though it still isn’t clear why he’d be asked to do so.

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