Thread: U.S. Justice Dept. to Sue Publishers, Apple, for Price Collusion?
View Single Post
Old 03-09-2012, 10:12 AM   #59
John F
Grand Sorcerer
John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.John F ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,886
Karma: 70186493
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Clara 2E
Quote:
Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
... I've yet to see anyone doubt that Amazon would not achieve complete dominance in the ebook market without agency pricing,
Who are you limiting "anyone" to? I'm not a publisher, but I doubt that Amazon would achieve complete dominance. I spread my purchases out across multiple vendors. Before Agency Pricing, my go to store was Fictionwise. Since agency pricing, I see very little difference in where I buy.
Quote:
... which would be an unacceptable outcome for the DOJ.
Acceptable or not, if they purposefully broke the law, they should get some heavy fines. I don't want companies encouraged to decide on their own what is acceptable business practices for establishing monopolies, price fixing, racketeering, ... Why not run it by the DOJ (or SEC or whoever) first.
John F is offline   Reply With Quote