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Originally Posted by rhadin
The U.S. Supreme Court has already approved agency pricing with regard to electronics, so it is doubtful anything will happen to upset the ebook agency pricing.
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I suppose that Apple is unlikely to lose in its home market. But Europe has its own probe. If Apple loses on one continent, it may affect all.
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Originally Posted by Fbone
If the DOJ and the Courts allow hundreds of other products to be agency priced, why would they make an exception for ebooks?
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Here's a Wikipedia article on the general issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resale_price_maintenance
From the link above, I gather that this sort of price fixing has only been legal in the US since 2007, and the situations in which it might be allowed are not fully settled law.