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There will be no compensation for customers whatsoever... How can disadvantages be determined when there was no alternative comparable price (unlike gas or electricity, books differ too much to make them comparable 1:1). I think this is really a case of "you shouldn't have bought the book if you found it too pricey"... Another thing is that price itself is only secondary in this case here, more important is according to which procedure prices are being made. So this trial is more about the mechanics of pricing than about the level of prices itself. The admitted raise in ebook prices only serves as evidence that the mechanics currently in operation are not to the advantage of customers, on of the two factors that have been said to make the "agency model" obstruct free market practices (the other is that retailers should be able to determine prices).
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