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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Although this trial may have seemed silly to some, this is a very important antitrust case. This is one of the most blatant examples ever seen.
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Most democracies have some kind of competition laws roughly comparable to US antitrust. If this was one of the most blatant cases ever seen, I think you would see Apple losing in France and Germany the same way it is losing in the US.
Apple is guilty of doing something in the US that it would be essentially illegal not to do in France and Germany. This is course doesn't prove that publishers should set minimum prices. But it does kindda suggest that, morally, it's not a slam-dunk Standard Oil kind of case.
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Originally Posted by pwalker8
As I've said before, it will be interesting to see what the response of the appellate court is to this situation.
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If this goes to the Supreme Court, it could be more interesting. Aren't most of the justices published authors? And the ones who aren't, probably are considering it! If so, they have a financial interest. But they can't all recuse themselves.