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For a publisher to tell a bookseller that the selling price must be $16.99 for all ebooks, that is not price fixing under U.S. law. If several of the largest publishers (all is not necessary) tell all retailers that all ebooks must sell for $16.99, even if there is no direct evidence that the publishers sat around a table and came to this agreement, under U.S. law this could (not will, just might) be price fixing. There are several problems with the price fixing idea under U.S. law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has already held that manufacturers can set minimum resale prices without violating antitrust laws. Sony and Apple and do it all the time. |
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