Amazon settles antitrust lawsuit

Nate the great · 01-21-2010, 09:03 PM

Do you remember back in March of 2008 when Amazon was blackmailing POD publishers, and how one of Amazon's victims filed suit?

The case was settled yesterday, before it went to trial. The terms can be summed up as:

Amazon doesn't admit to blackmail,
Amazon pays Booklocker's legal fees, and
Amazon promises not to do it again.

the announcement
the settlement

Not_A_Crook · 01-21-2010, 10:39 PM

I smell something building up with Amazon here....

brecklundin · 01-22-2010, 02:34 AM

what is going to happen when someone refuses to settle with Amazon? Eventually one of these things is going to reach up and put a notch in their behind because someone cares more about showing the world than taking the cash. And somewhere there had to be cash beyond the legal fees.

01-21-2010, 09:03 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Amazon settles antitrust lawsuit Do you remember back in March of 2008 when Amazon was blackmailing POD publishers, and how one of Amazon's victims filed suit? The case was settled yesterday, before it went to trial. The terms can be summed up as: Amazon doesn't admit to blackmail, Amazon pays Booklocker's legal fees, and Amazon promises not to do it again. the announcement the settlement Last edited by Nate the great; 01-21-2010 at 09:08 PM.

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01-21-2010, 10:39 PM	#2
Not_A_Crook Which way is up? Posts: 217 Karma: 94 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Nook, Alphasmart Neo (word processor, Viable document reader.)	I smell something building up with Amazon here....

01-22-2010, 02:34 AM	#3
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	what is going to happen when someone refuses to settle with Amazon? Eventually one of these things is going to reach up and put a notch in their behind because someone cares more about showing the world than taking the cash. And somewhere there had to be cash beyond the legal fees.

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