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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider "In order to help maintain the glass look and feel of the building, building utilities can be routed through (the) support structure, hiding them from view and thereby preventing them from i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb Greenpeace should stop crying wolf and praise Apple for all that they are doing. I'm pretty sure that that's what the "D" in Renewables & Advocacy is being given for. I expect that Greenpeace's complain…
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Quote: Originally Posted by applecider Amazon was selling ebooks at below cost. I repeat amazon was selling ebooks at below cost. From original article at AI "Under Amazon's method, publishers would sell their books at wholesale and let t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE Go read the complaint and then come back. Did you like the part where, before the MFN clause, Apple wanted to include a requirement that the publishers guarantee to switch all contract to agency instead of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by diddy I wasn't talking about the complaint (which I have read). I was merely pointing out that a settlement with one party doesn't necessarily imply guilt on other parties or guilt on the parties that settled unless t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by diddy Not really. Just because you settle with somebody doesn't always mean that you admit any guilt or that any wrongdoing has occurred. There are lots of cases where they settle because the costs of fighting it are…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE This is not true. In the lawsuit itself the DoJ said Apple condition was that APPLE have the right to LOWER the price to match anyone else and still take their 30% cut. Apple doesn't control the price. Appl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone An agency model allows the publisher, not the retailer, to set prices. This is legal, however the stipulation that no one can sell it for less on another online store is where it gets sticky. In my opinion they …
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At least I'll look good while my ears throb in pain.
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Quote: Originally Posted by irnchriz Expect this to be adopted around the world. Government finances are in a shit state so they will happily sue the likes of Apple for all they can get. Ultimately the consumer will pay the cost through higher …
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This sucks. Looks like the iPhone 5 is going to cost me $30 more when I decide to ditch my 4-year old moto-dumbphone. On the other hand, it's still better than getting no subsidy at all.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Maestro64 Collusion only work if all companies are selling the same product like gas or memory chips, where the consumer can interchange product as they like. I point these two example out since they have been fine in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I've read the complaint. As stated, it's bullshit! Ahh, solopsism != SolipsismX... sneaky that. Can I use a regex in my ignore list?
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Now the agency model is illegal? No. Collusion is illegal. The agency model is simply the mechanism they used to fix prices, given the underlying collusion. Read the complaint, it's not hard to understan…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Where was Apple's BoD during all of this? Apple legal? Tim Cook? Steve was all about bending/stretching the rules but I just can't believe that others in Apple weren't questioning this. I have no id…
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The DOJ complaint is awesome, and should be required reading before posting. My favorite passage so far Quote: 6. Apple facilitated the Publisher Defendants' collective effort to end retail price competition by coordinating their transition to a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin That's not exactly true. According to Steve Jobs the terms were that if the publishers sold their content for less to others, then Apple retained the right to also sell the book for the same price. Your wor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tooltalk just scanned through the DOJ's filing. It seems like the big 5 publishers and Apple were colluding together to force agency model on retailers/smaller publishers and set the price level. Yes. This is key. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Amazon cannot sell their books supplied by those 5 publisher's for less than Apple can. Period. Apple may of course choose to sell for more than the publishers set price, not very likely in most cases IMHO. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Oh, yes, absolutely... Apple could still be guilty of allegedly colluding to raise e-book prices. Just being a part of the negotiations adds Apple to the list; whether you could ultimately change the out…