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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Just remember that there are two transitions in the chain: publisher to rtailer abd retailer to consumer.
The lawsuit is solely about retailer to publisher revenues and how they are distributed. And the pullback clause refers to publishers pulling "master" titles from retailers. Consumers are only "interested observers" for now.
The only way this suit ripples down to the consumer level is if the plaintif loss on merit and not on a technicality. If the court finds that ebook distribution is a sale to the retailer then the retailer is reselling ebooks which opens *two* cans of worms.
That's the fun part of the suit.
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whoops, sorry, I see you have already made the point. My post is redundant.