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Apple’s Motion To Dismiss Denied, For Talking Too Damn Much

By on May 18, 2012 in Culture, Everything Else, Odds And Ends, Software, Tablets
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Yesterday, Judge Denise Cote of  the U.S. District Court for the Southern  District of New York, in a 56-page decision, denied Apple’s motion to dismiss the federal antitrust complaint filed against it, which alleged that Apple spearheaded a conspiracy among e-book publishers to fix e-book prices by introducing “agency pricing” where the publisher, not the […]

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Apple Accused Of Fixing E-book Prices, Conspiring With Publishers

By on April 12, 2012 in Culture, Entertainment, Internet
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The U.S. Department of  Justice filed a federal antitrust complaint against Apple and  Hachette, HarperCollins, MacMillan, Simon & Shuster, Pearson, and Penguin, alleging e-book price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act. According to the complaint, after unsuccessfully trying to pressure Amazon into raising its e-book prices, the publishing companies found common cause with Apple. The […]

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