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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
This type of pricing arrangement is not common, but it isn't anti-competitive and therefore highly unlikely to be illegal.
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To further clarify, my interpretation is that this type of pricing arrangement is
not price fixing as defined in USA law. But, a similar arrangement in the UK regarding paper books
was deemed to be illegal because it was "against the public interest" (which we may choose to view as meaning it was anti-competitive). Therefore I think the new, restrictive agreement in the USA, would not succeed here in the UK. There certainly seem to be grounds for consumer groups in the USA to oppose this agreement, based on our experience in the UK.