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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
 A long time ago, in the US, there were certain manufacturers who attempted to set the minimum prices for which their products could be sold by stores - in a manner extremely similar to what it seems the big five publishers are trying to do now. This went on for a while, but ultimately was struck down as an illegal restraint of trade. Then, they got into that "anything goes" era, where the gummint simply caved to any and all requests of Big Business. But, AFAIK they haven't gone back to those sorts of minimum pricing agreements, at least not for physical consumer goods. They are still illegal. So, there is hope. |
Sorry, but within the past few years the Bush Supreme Court reinvigorated those minimum reselling rights.