Thread: U.S. Justice Dept. to Sue Publishers, Apple, for Price Collusion?
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Old 03-15-2012, 02:15 PM   #208
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Timeline of illegal conduct.

Steve Jobs:
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We told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30%, and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway." They went to Amazon and said, 'You're going to sign an agency contract or we're not going to give you the books.'
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THEN when Apple did the launch of the iPad the next day, a VIDEO clip at the end of the event, shows Mossberg asking Jobs why a shopper would buy a book for $14.99 from Jobs when they could buy it for $9.99 from Amazon.
Jobs says that this "won't be the case."

Mossberg asks (and this videoclip is part of the lawsuits) if Jobs meant Apple's wouldn't be $14.99 ... or that Amazon's wouldn't be $9.99.

Jobs paused and said "The prices will be the same."
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