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New Toys For Old Games: eBooks iTroubles

BY | June 13, 2012

Jay Himes, Meegan Hollywood, Jun 13, 2012 On April 11, 2012, media outlets exploded with the news that the Department of Justice had filed a civil antitrust case against Apple…

Jay Himes, Meegan Hollywood, Jun 13, 2012

On April 11, 2012, media outlets exploded with the news that the Department of Justice had filed a civil antitrust case against Apple and five of the six largest publishing companies in the United States for illegally conspiring to fix eBook prices. The DOJ’s complaint alleged that HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster (the “Publishers”), along with Apple, conspired to raise prices by collectively adoptin

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