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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The three BPHs that have agreed to "settle" have agreed to nothing meaningful.
All they are doing is not contesting the terms and they agreed to terminate all contracts with Apple seven day after final judgment is rendered.
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Under the settlements with the U.S. Justice Department filed today, the three companies agreed to cancel contracts with Amazon, Google Inc. (GOOG) and other electronic booksellers that allowed the publishers to set prices, according to the filing.
The settlement called for Simon & Schuster, Hachette and HarperCollins to hold off on entering into contracts for two years that would prevent retailers from discounting books, according to court papers.
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It may not be much, but it sounds like something. And I didn't read anything that suggested it wasn't happening
now.