The move is the latest step in Scandinavian skepticism towards the successful service's protection system of songs sold for use on Apple's massively popular iPod player.
The Consumer Ombudsman and the Market Council (CO) and corresponding groups in Sweden and Denmark agree that local laws are violated by Apple protectionism, TV 2 Nettavisen reports.
Sales at iTunes are downloaded in a format expressly designed to be played on iPods, and if users want to play their music in another format on another advice after purchase, they must violate their agreement.
Consumer Ombudsman Bjørn Erik Thon told TV 2 that Apple iTunes would either have to change their practices in Norway or pay fines.
Thon is the first consumer ombudsman to go to action but there are others waiting and or watching this first round of fighting with Apple. Thon told TV 2 that his phone has already begun to ring regularly with long-distance calls from Apple's "well-paid lawyers".
