http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070403/apple_eu.html?.v=8
"Major record companies are forcing Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) to curtail access to iTunes online stores across borders, leading to higher prices and less choice, the European Commission said on Tuesday."
""Our current view is that this is an arrangement which is imposed on Apple by the major record companies and we do not see a justification for it," Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd told reporters."