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I can tell you exactly what this is going to cause happen.
Apple'll just shut the Norwegian iTunes store and that'll be that, screw the Norwegians.
And, to be fair, they have a point.
They're being singled out, none of the other music stores are getting the same sort of heat. Possibly because the governments involved reckon that if they can break Apple, everyone else'll just fold but they run the risk of Apple just sticking up two fingers and ignoring them.
Rather more interesting than the outcome of this case will be what happens Germany and France start to pull up Apple on similar charges.
Both countries have already started investigating iTunes for breach of competition laws and, unlike Norway, Apple can't really afford to lose them. Especially given that between them, they can pretty much make a decision for the entirety of the EU...
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