Nordic consumer protection regulators held a meeting with Apple this week to discuss changes to its iTunes music service and said they had made important progress.

In June, the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman decided that Apple was breaking local laws and ordered various changes.

Norway, Sweden and Finland were all represented at the meeting.

The Swedish ombudsman told Reuters after the meeting: "We had a good and constructive dialogue with iTunes and the desire from the company to reach a solution was great."

The agencies said there would be more meetings with Apple and they hope it will be possible to resolve the issue without taking legal action. ®

Related stories

• Apple issues Mac OS X update (2 October 2006)
• Norway knuckles down for long iTunes fight (3 August 2006)
• Apple delays Scandinavian iTunes reaction (10 July 2006)
• iTunes guilty of breaking Norwegian law (7 June 2006)
• Norway accuses iTunes of consumer-rights violations (27 January 2006)
• Apple Euro iTunes stores sell 50m songs year one (23 June 2005)