Hmmm this doesn't sound good.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-575...ook-practices/
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Judge Denise Cote suggested that, when both sides return to her for a decision on preventative measures, she would accept a regime balancing Apple's ability to innovate in its App Store with a desire to restore e-book price competition. She saw no need for an external monitor to keep an eye on Apple's activities so long as Apple sets up a "vigorous" in-house pro-competition program and can convince the court a monitor isn't necessary.
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Why does she believe they'll have a "vigorous in-house pro-competition program" when they still don't believe they've done anything wrong.
I think the following is better then the 5 years but I think the interval should be longer then 6 to 8 months. They've already telegraphed they're going to collude again.
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Cote suggested a system in which after two years, the publishers would be assigned separate intervals to renegotiate agreements every six to eight months, with no publishers overlapping, in order to ensure that no published could collude with another during the deal making.
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