Publishers Weekly has a report with a few choice quotes from the judge:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...rs-amazon.html
Quote:
“What the ABA-Kobo program shows is that plaintiffs are not foreclosed from selling Publishers’ e-books,” he held, “and to the extent plaintiffs have been frozen out of the e-book market, it is not because of any unlawful concerted action by the defendants. Rather, it is simply because consumers prefer the products offered by plaintiffs’ competitors.”
As to the monopoly counts against Amazon, Rakoff again cited a lack of plausibility, and a lack of supporting facts in dismissing the claim. “Plaintiffs complain that Amazon has not allowed them to sell e-books on Amazon’s devices and apps,” Rakoff wrote, acknowledging that the Kindle is a "closed" platform. “But," he concluded, "no business has a duty to aid competitors"
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