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Originally Posted by charmian
I suppose the reason why the bookstores are having this lawsuit is that they want to sell books to people who own Kindle e-ink readers (the problem doesn't exist with the Kindle Fire).
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But they already can: as long as it's DRM-free.
What they appear to want is for the BPHs to let them sell DRM-free the exact same content that every other ebookstore sells but without the DRM.
Only problem (in this universe) is that even if they do, Amazon (and Apple and Nook and even Kobo) is *still* going to be more convenient, more accessible, and preferred by consumers. (Just ask BAEN.) And, compared to the plaintiffs, almost certainly cheaper.
So it's a braindead lawsuit that will never achieve its *stated* goals even in the impossible case it succeeded.
What they *really* want is to get a statement of antitrust violation so they can then sue the publishers and Amazon for "damages". It's a nuisance suit looking for a payoff settlement. Ambulance chaser fare.