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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Look for the post talking about DOJ monitoring contracts.
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Oh, and it is cheering for Amazon to point out it is the feds and not public opinion that has the final say? The PW article makes it clear Hachette thinks they'll be free and clear when the two year prohibition on straight agency terms expire in the fall but fail to point out the prohibition can (and likely will) be extended and that any attempt by the BPHs to use public disclosure as a way to collude is not likely to pass muster.
The conspirators are all under "parole" and they will continue to be supervised indefinitely. Those two- and five-year terms were minimums; just ask Microsoft how terms get extended and extended...
That is a plain fact, not cheering.
And a very likely explanation why Amazon isn't caving in. Unlike many out there, they seem to have read the full terms of the court ruling.