Friday, April 13, 2012

Apple ebook price fixing

  • WASHINGTON — Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was a key player in a conspiracy with five major book publishers to drive up the price of digital books, federal and state officials said in antitrust lawsuits filed against the companies.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • This post has been corrected. See note below. WASHINGTON -- Former Apple Inc.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Two other publishers, meanwhile, hotly disputed the allegations in the lawsuit, which described the price-fixing scheme printed books. Apple, meanwhile, was preparing to launch its iPad and wanted to compete in the e-book market.
  • (Silicon Valley)
  • When word leaked that the Justice Department was threatening to sue Apple and five major book publishers for allegedly fixing the price of ebooks, the opposition from some tech advocates was swift and sharp.
  • (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  • The US Department of Justice this week accused Apple of conspiring with five major book publishers to fix the price of ebooks, in an effort to loosen the stranglehold Amazon had established via its Kindle device.
  • (Daily Telegraph)
  • SELLER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has denied accusations that it, along with five major publishers, conspired to fix ebook prices, calling the claim simply not true.
  • (The Inquirer)
  • the publishers would convert the retailers into agents who could sell their books but not alter the publisher-set retail price. The scheme called for Apple to be guaranteed a 30 percent commission on each e-book it sold, the lawsuit said.
  • (Tulsa World)
  • THE UNITED STATES government has sued Apple and several publishing firms for alleged ebook price fixing.
  • (The Inquirer)
  • IDG News Service (Washington, D.C., Bureau) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five large publishers, accusing the companies of working together to raise prices of e-books.
  • (CIO)

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