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Title: Feds Slam Apple and Publishers With E-Book Price-Fixing Charges Post by: HCK on April 19, 2012, 03:00:53 am Feds Slam Apple and Publishers With E-Book Price-Fixing Charges
The United States Department of Justice filed suit on Wednesday against Apple and several book publishers over what it claims is a conspiracy to raise retail e-book prices and limit competition in e-book sales. The defendants changed the business model governing the relationship between publishers from the wholesale model to an agency model, the DoJ alleged. http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632003/s/1e4c8149/l/0L0Smacnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C74840A0Bhtml/story01.htm |