And now Apple reaches a new level of whining about how Amazon is behind the whole thing.....
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) has complained that rival Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) was the "driving force" behind the U.S. Justice Department's investigation of Apple's alleged price fixing of electronic books, helping the "industry monopolist" to further strengthen its grip on the market.
The remarks came as part of antitrust litigation filed by the DOJ in April, alleging that Apple and a handful of book publishers conspired to fix prices for electronic books at a level higher than what Amazon had been offering.
In a filing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, Apple alleges Amazon hosted a two-day meeting with government representatives at its Seattle headquarters to discuss their investigation.
Ultimately, Apple argues, Amazon made at least 14 employees available to government investigators probing Apple, and was only required to turn over a "fraction" of the documents required by others involved in the case.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...16-713786.html
and besides they continue whining, the settlement is just not fair!
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Apple rips e-book settlement as 'unlawful' and 'fundamentally unfair'
By Brendan Sasso - 08/16/12 01:21 PM ET
Apple is urging a federal court to reject the Justice Department's proposed settlement with a group of e-book publishers, calling the terms "fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented."
DOJ's antitrust division sued Apple and five publishers in April, accusing them of colluding to raise the price of e-books. Apple and two publishers, Macmillan and Penguin Group, are fighting the charges. But the other three publishers — Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster — agreed to settle with the government.
In a filing on Wednesday, Apple argued that the court should not accept the settlement until Apple and the remaining publishers have had their day in court.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-va...entally-unfair