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Originally Posted by stonetools
1.Apple is not a competitor of the publishers. It is perfectly legal for Apple to discuss with their suppliers the terms under which they will be supplied.
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I think stonetools may be correct on that point. I read the other day something about it being legal to vertically fix prices e.g Apple/Publisher or Publisher/Apple whilst horizontal fixing was illegal e.g Apple/Amazon or Publisher/Publisher. I think it was on wikipedia, yes I know, not always the most reliable of sources
However, I still have a little bit of doubt as Apple could be seen as a negotiator for the publishers depending on how the discussions went. I don't know enough about US or even UK price fixing laws to really form an opinion on that one. I am interested in seeing what the DOJ/EU eventually file for and the evidence provided though as that may answer the question.
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People here really don't care about whether publishers are meeting to set pries on particular books or not: what they are mad about is that
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That's what we DO care about.
Whether prices have gone up or down isn't the issue (although we'll always have a good moan when they go up), it's whether they've gone up _legally_.
Also the "favoured nation" thing is really bad and I hope both Apple and Amazon eventually get brought up on it.