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US Justice Dept accuses Apple of eBook Price Fixing
In today's Washington Post here http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...y.html?hpid=z9
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Reminds me of when Bank of America's Orwellian-titled "VP of Corporate Responsibility" told a hearing committee that ATM fees were GOOD for consumers because they foster competition.
I wonder if she actually believed it, or if at least she felt like she had to take a shower afterwards. ApK Last edited by ApK; 05-15-2013 at 12:24 PM. |
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The NYT report has other quotes. Just as damning, though:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/te...ing.html?_r=1& Quote:
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The Digital Reader pulls a fascinating graph from the DOJ's proposed findings of fact, showing that average ebook prices for the Agency publishes increased by about 20% over the week that agency pricing was introduced.
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Adding to their unfettered greed and avarice, Apple breaks the law, but surely only for the Public's good!
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Funny how when a private business raises $ it's a big scandal but if the Government gives the rich a tax break it's just business as usual. Not to make the thread political, but the Government should clean its own house before going after others.
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Just like saying "No copyright infringement intended....", saying "Not to make the thread political..." doesn't change the fact that you did.
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Comparing what went on here to "a private business raising prices" is disingenuous at best. There'd be nothing to investigate if a (singular) business raised its prices. An industry, comprised of many businesses, raised their prices... and possibly coerced some of those individual businesses to do so in the process. But by all means, let's stop looking into any of that sort of nonsense altogether. It's not likely anyone would take advantage of that kind of moratorium or anything. Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-15-2013 at 05:17 PM. |
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Hey!
Not to bring common sense and justice to a topic but hey, I guess that was what was done. |
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I was just being generous.
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They must feel strongly that they are in the right as settling would probably have been cheaper.
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