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Originally Posted by PatNY
fjtorres was sort off paraphrasing, but essentially that is what Jobs said. Here is the exact quote as reported here:
"throw in with Apple and see if we can all make a go of this to create a real mainstream ebooks market at $12.99 and $14.99."
There are other instances too where Apple's attempt to organize the publishers and fix prices was pretty blatant.
I don't think the Supremes are going to buy Apple's arguments. I think they will even refuse to hear the case.
--Pat |
I'm not sure why that was considered important since that's not remotely the contract that Apple negotiated with the various publishers.
I would rather imagine that the Supreme Court would hear it since the ruling on what Per Se means with regards to Anti-Trust is contrary to what they ruled in the last major anti-trust ruling. At the minimum, the Supreme Court might hear it simply because if they don't, the the ruling isn't the law of the land, but rather only holds sway in the area the 2nd Court covers. That's the way the US legal system works. Just because a couple of judges in the 2nd Court say something doesn't mean that anyone outside their jurisdiction is bound by it.