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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Once again, the agency model is quite legal and is not pricing fixing. Neither the publishers nor Apple were ever changed with price fixing. The publishers were charged with per se anti-trust violations for agreeing among themselves to insist on the agency model and settled before trial. Apple was charged with per se anti-trust violations for negotiating contracts with the big five publishers. Price fixing involves, well you know, fixing prices. If you are going to engage in conspiracy theories, at least get the nomenclature right.
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Isn't it price fixing when a retailer can't lower the price of an item because the supplier is telling them they can't or else?
And collusion between parties to set prices for items...
This whole case just reeks of antitrust violations any way you try to split it.