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Originally Posted by murraypaul
It is irrelevant.
The DOJ aren't conducting an broad investigation into the book publishing business.
They are conducting an investigation into the allegedly illegal collusion between publishing houses to change retail policy in concert.
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Actually, its not. THe Supreme Court in 2007 specifically cited the "showroom effect" (not in those words) in its deciasion holding that resale price maintainence was permissible in certain circumstances.
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Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), is a US antitrust case in which the United States Supreme Court reversed the 96-year-old doctrine that vertical price restraints were illegal per se under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, replacing the older doctrine with the rule of reason.
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You can bet this caseis going to play a big part in the defense case going forward