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Originally Posted by =X=
The government is getting involved because price fixing is illegal. It is not regulating the price of ebooks but investigating the Trust activity.
You are arguing that the law should turn a blind eye to criminal activity. Should it turn a blind eye to piracy? I hope you answered no to both questions.
As far as letting the market decided, you saw what happened to the price fixing. All the small vendors that sold ebooks are now defunct. Only the largest distributors are making money.
My boycott has ended I now am starting to purchase books from those publishers but the truth is I did not dent the book sellers I hurt the small shops like fiction wise.
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I'm arguing that price fixing and any collusion to achieve it should be legal activities for non-essential goods and services. If this is unacceptable for consumers, all they have to do is boycott it and find something else to do.