http://www.cnbc.com/id/100791404
Quote:
[Judge Denise] Cote said the conspiracy resulted in prices for some e-books rising to $12.99 or $14.99, when Amazon had sold for $9.99.
"The plaintiffs have shown that the publisher defendants conspired with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices, and that Apple played a central role in facilitating and executing that conspiracy," Cote said.
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Apple's team made a good job of chipping away at some of the evidence presented in the DOJ's case, but I felt that the media made too much of some of those victories. In the end, it seems that the remainder of the case was still strong enough.
I've been trying to find the full text of the judge's 159 page ruling but I can't see it on the DOJ site. Anyone got a link?
Edit: link to the ruling. Thanks to
Gizmodo for posting it.
http://nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show....special&id=306
Graham