Apple's iPod faces class action lawsuit in US

Apple is facing a class action lawsuit over it's hugely popular iPod in the US as an aggrieved customer filed a complaint claiming the company did not adequately warn about the potential for damaging hearing loss when playing the music player at full volume.

iPods sold in Europe contain software that limits their noise output to 100 decibels, but the complaint alleges that iPods sold in the US can produce sound levels of up to 115 decibels – louder than a helicopter or a small explosion.

This is not the first legal threat that Apple has faced to their iPod franchise, but this one looks reasonably serious.