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Quote: Originally Posted by jin The quote from the DOJ complaint is that the MFN provision "required each publisher to guarantee that it would lower the retail price of each e-book in Apple's iBookstore to match the lowest price offered by any ot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by scalpernt Especially in light of the fact that prior to the development of Apple's ebook channel (the iPad), Amazon was our only option and we were getting less than what we wanted from that channel. So we get togethe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by occam11 1. Regarding the alleged "so-called "most favored nation" clause which blocked publishers from selling their wares through other online outlets like Amazon." This clause does NOT block publishers from sellin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer The Publisher will not become a victim of the scenario I described. Apple can drive Amazon into the ground and by sheer volume way beyond Amazon's own will discover they'd have been better off with Apple an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer You get my original observation, unlike ALNorm who sees the Publisher getting screwed under agency v. wholesale when he clearly doesn't grasp that the Wholesale model breaks down when their is only one majo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SWS It's a free market. I use both iBooks and amazon's kindle app on my iPad. There are a few other reader apps for the iPad also like nook, kobo, ect. . . . It's not like we ONLY have iBooks. I am not getting…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Really? This plays right into Apple's power of the iBookstore and the roughly 200+ million users. Apple thusly becomes the Reseller and Amazon wishing this reality will discover Apple can discount and dr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX What was fair was that Apple allowed the publishers to choose how much they charge and only took 30% of whatever that was. How can you think it's fair that Amazon could decide to charge $1 for an eBook an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE The Kindle and the iPads were in a different class all together. You have to remember that this collusion allegedly took place before the iPad was released. Apple is not stupid; it was thinking long term. M…
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I should have said, "If Apple brought them together to work out a plan to discuss the agency model AND a way to bring Amazon in line in an anti-competitive manner, then you have collusion." Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE Apple brought th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ljocampo True. However you can have higher prices as long as it also has value and innovation. That's why Apple commands the high end of the market. The problem of all the lawsuits, and those who bring them, boils down…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil It sells books on an island inhabited by an over-hyped TV show? Also, if Amazon is selling their hardware at a loss and expecting to make the money up in their store and then selling their STORE conten…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE So why is Apple responsible for what the publishers do if the publishers got together and agreed to on price fixing? If it brought all the actors together, then it is party to the collusion. However, any…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jameskatt2 Apple has billions to spend on the best lawyers. It would not be engaged in any antitrust activity with their advice. Realize that Apple cannot be sued on antitrust grounds in any market because it doesn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox At any rate, none of that has anything to do with price fixing. So again I ask: if other media on iTunes can legitimately be sold at a flat rate per category, why is doing that with eBooks a conspiracy? Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy There was scrutiny of iTunes pricing. They reduced prices in the UK to avoid potential charges from EU regulators. There were even antitrust charges filed in California. With Apple even richer, powerful and mo…
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Quote: The plaintiffs in the case argue that Apple conspired with publishers to raise the price of ebooks in order to blunt the impact of Amazon's Kindle on the tablet market, something Apple's attorneys described as a nonsensical "Kindle Theory." …