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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I don't think it's a coincidence that the DOJ filed their case in April of 2012, about 6 months after Steve Jobs died. Apple doesn't have near the influence without Steve Jobs. I would be surprised if the 5 publishers in this case has much influence in the government.
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No doubt Apple lost some influence with the unfortunate death of Steve Jobs. But a good deal of it would have remained. Certainly enough that the combined influence of Apple and the BWM would at least match that of Amazon.
This was a very unremarkable case. It's most unique feature was probably the brazeness of the main players, though in this area of law even that is far from unique. It was an unremarkable case, started in an unremarkable way and handled by the courts in an unremarkable fashion. You are entitled to your conspiracy theories, but I would point out as other posters have that we are awaiting even a skerrick of evidence to support those theories.