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Originally Posted by pwalker8
There is a reason that one rarely sees non governmental anti-trust suits in the US. You see a lot of pile on suits, but most companies file a complaint with the FTC or DOJ rather than actually file a suit themselves against another company. The publishers had earlier complained about Amazon to the DOJ and nothing happened. No reason to think that the DOJ under the previous administration would have taken any action about that either.
Publicizing Amazon's actions and fighting Amazon in the court of public opinion was the smart thing to do. That's what they did, and it worked quite well. The various publishers are in business to make money. The correct response isn't always to sue.
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It was certainly the right thing to do. The world would have been deprived of Joe Konrath's fisking efforts had they believed they could succeed in Court. No doubt some people simply accepted their propaganda. But in many circles it was widely ridiculed. And their Amazon problem remains today. Duckie is correct.
Amazon has now faced a hostile administration for some time, yet the DOJ has taken no action. If Amazon is breaching anti-trust laws, why not? But if the DOJ won't, the Big 5 has shown they have no problems colluding so their solution is simple. Get together and sue Amazon. An easy award of treble damages and attorney fees! Injunctions restraining the offending conduct in future. A Judge might even appoint someone to supervise future compliance as happened with Apple. What on earth could be stopping them? Why be deterred by the minor detail that they have no case? They had none when they entered into the conspiracy, but did so anyway.