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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Yes, but five manufacturers and a retail outlet can't coordinate their efforts to raise all their prices at the same time and force that new pricing model on other retail outlets.
The issue isn't "are publishers allowed to set their own prices?" but "did supposedly-competing companies coordinate their efforts, drastically changing years of established business practices and strong-arming changes to existing contracts, to inflict higher prices on consumers?"
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It may depend on whether they are doing it purely for profit or for business reasons that the court finds acceptable . You want to end the analysis on whether the price is higher for the consumer in the short term. The courts analysis goes beyond this.