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Originally Posted by pwalker8
My interest in the case has a lot more to do with what I perceive as an increasing tendency of prosecutor over reach, i.e. prosecutors going after various big name companies and people on questionable charges in an effort to count coup in the press in order to increase their political possibilities. A lot of prosecutors view that office as a spring board to bigger and better political offices, on both sides of the aisle.
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Speaking as a consumer of e-books, I'd hardly say causing the price of those e-books to jump by 50% and eliminating retailers' ability to hold sales is "questionable." I used to buy a lot of books through Fictionwise's "Buywise" discount program. Then agency pricing killed it. Then B&N killed Fictionwise.
The publishers settled and got off with slaps on the wrist. Fine. Apple wants to slug it out in court? Let 'em take their lumps. "Questionable charges" or not,
legal experts tend to agree Apple's chances on appeal are shaky.