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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat...omments_b54778

DOJ response
http://www.scribd.com/doc/100822270/...Final-Judgment


To read all public comments here:
http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/apple/index05.html

Here’s an excerpt from the DOJ response to Barnes & Noble: “B&N maintains that allowing retailer discounting will, by driving down consumer prices, subject consumers to a variety of anticompetitive effects. But the procompetitive consumer benefits that B&N alleges are the result of the conspiracy are either not substantiated or are untethered to the conspiracy. B&N does not explain how freeing retailers to compete on price will lead to “uncompetitive,” rather than competitive, pricing, and its claim that the return of retail price competition will discourage investment is belied by the fact that, shortly after the proposed Final Judgment was filed in this matter, B&N was able to attract a $300 million investment from Microsoft specifically to “battle with Amazon and Apple in e-books.”