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Originally Posted by Fbone
It was announced yesterday by Judge Cote's pre-trial statements that certain Amazon documents can be revealed. These include emails that show Amazon's efforts to establish an Agency system between themselves and the major publishers a few months before Apple's
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The Agency system is not at issue. Price fixing is.
Amazon's actions actions are not at issue, Apple's are.
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Still Judge Cote said Amazon is not part of the lawsuit and will focus the trial on Apple.
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Gee, how wise of her to focus the trial on the parties involved in the suit.
Is "well, someone else may have thought about this before" a valid defense now?
In related news, in the murder trial of John Smith, the defense has brought evidence that a childhood friend of Smith's once got angry at a waiter, and sent his steak back at a Outback Steak House. In spite of this revelation, the judge has said neither government of Australia, nor the steak will be the focus of the trial.