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Originally Posted by stonetools
the issue for most posters here is not that the publishers acted illegally, rather it's that they acted to raise prices. It's the price raising, not the price fixing that's the problem.
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Read my post a little bit above yours. What is relevant is price fixing, which, yes, led to higher prices. They violated the law.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
It is legal and appropriate for Apple to suggest that the publishers adopt an agency pricing model for ebooks.
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Wrong. Apple was a competitor of Amazon. Entering into
discussions with other competitors to fix prices was illegal for Apple as well as for the publishers. They conspired to fix prices (Apple being the forum, facilitator and a participant of a criminal conspiracy) and they did fix prices.