Earlier in the year the Consumer Council of Norway filed an official complaint with the Consumer Ombudsman over the iTunes Music Store Terms of Service in Norway.

The group claims that Apple’s Terms of Service were in violation of Section 9a of Norways Marketing Control Act, as well as iTunes’ DRM being in violation of consumer protection laws.

The group announced today that it had won preliminary rulings over the violation, however a decision was not yet made in regards to the DRM issues.

“Consumers are barred from lodging compensation claims if iTunes’ software creates security holes that can be exploited by computer viruses,” a group representative said. “This is a very real issue, which was most recently highlighted by the case of Sony BMG’s latest DRM, XCP.”

Specifically, users can not be forced to give consent to be governed by English Law when running iTunes software in Norway and Apple cannot disclaim responsibility for any damage caused by its software. In addition, the decision also found said that Apple could not alter the terms of service at anytime, a disclaimer the company includes in its standard terms of service before running iTunes software.

The group had said that Apple must now alter the Terms of Service to comply with Norwegian law by June 21st.