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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
And with respect to your scholarly knowledge of U.S. laws, note that Canadian law and American law are generally very similar as both countries use the Common Law system (well, Quebec uses French Civil Law, but that's an annoyance for another day)
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Louisiana uses French Civil Law, too. Which I do find pretty bizarre.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
They don't have to sell to Amazon. They could pull their books from Amazon entirely with no legal repercussions.
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Actually, they do have to sell to Amazon. If a bunch of producers get together and agree not to sell to a particular retailer... well, they've just colluded to reduce competition, which will violate Sec. 1 of the anti-trust act and put them right back where they are now, except facing greater sanctions.
They would also be prohibited (under the Robinson-Patman Act) from charging Amazon different prices for their goods from other retailers. (In the 90's, Penguin had to pay $25 million to independent booksellers for repeatedly violating the R-P Act).