Quote:
Originally Posted by tomsem
What does Apple stand to gain, at this point, even if they were to win the suit (many months hence)? Facts on the ground have changed quite a bit. They have already had to adapt to non-agency pricing of ebooks, and will have to continue with that for the next couple of years at least. They are not going to get their nice, tidy one-size-fits-all (apps, music, video ebooks etc) business model back. They tried, and they have manifestly failed.
|
music on Itunes is done wholesale not agency
same with movies.
If it was agency, other online retailers can't discount MP3 or Movie rental but AMazon and GooglePlay discount these all the time.
Only Apps and Ebooks are agency