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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Apple is guilty of doing something in the US that it would be essentially illegal not to do in France and Germany.
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Nope.
Conspiring to fix prices is equally illegal on both sides of the pond.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...r-price-fixing
Apple and friends got called on the carpet by the EU. They got off with a wrist slap but they were at risk for deeper penalties until they played the "Amazon is evil" card.
One more time: the crime was *conspiring to raise prices*, not the agency model.