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In an efford to increase revenue by tapping every dollar earned off of the iPod eco-system, Apple is increasing pressure on ipod peripheral makers to pay up their 10% in the Made for iPod program, according to a report on News.com. Apparently to gain access to critical information regarding a new port, you have to pay to play. Apple is not without precident in doing this. Microsoft, for example, intends on tapping peripheral makers for a percentage for the xBox 360.