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Originally Posted by teh603
Dollars to donuts, the real plaintiffs are Wal-Mart, B&N, and Target. They're the ones who lost when the agency model came out, because they could no longer discount products lower than an independent retailer.
Either way, the consumer loses.
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Not quite sure how you come to this conclusion. The agency pricing only affects ebooks and assures that the ebookseller gets a profit. Why would Walmart, B&N, and Target be the losers in this scenario?
As for the consumer losing, that is questionable. Do we lose more with agency pricing or with an Amazon monopoly? I know we'd like to think with agency pricing, but that assumes that Amazon would never want to make a profit on ebooks and give a return to its shareholders.