Justice Dept. Sues Apple and Publishers Over E-Book Pricing

A Ten Dollar E-Book Is Fine. At Twelve Bucks It's A Vast Conspiracy
Forbes
I've been reading the DOJ's lawsuit against Apple and a handful of book publishers (blurry image, apologies) alleging antitrust and restraint of trade in the e-book business. It spins a tale of a nefarious plot between Apple and a handful of book ...

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Justice Dept. Sues Apple and Publishers Over E-Book Pricing
New York Times (blog)
The lawsuit alleges that Apple and the publishers conspired to limit e-book price competition, causing “e-book consumers to pay tens of millions of dollars more fore-books than they otherwise would have paid.” The publishers named in the lawsuit are ...

New York Times (blog)

US Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-Book Pricing
Wall Street Journal
"Defendants' ongoing conspiracy and agreement have caused e-book consumers to pay tens of millions of dollars more for e-books than they otherwise would have paid," the lawsuit said, describing CEO-only meetings of publishers at Manhattan restaurants ...

US sues Apple, publishers over e-books
USA TODAY
It said the alleged conspiracy called for Apple to be guaranteed a 30 percent commission on each e-book it sold. "To effectuate their conspiracy, the publisherdefendants teamed up with defendant Apple, which shared the same goal of restraining retail ...

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Apple, publishers face US antitrust lawsuit over e-book pricing
Los Angeles Times
By Jim Puzzanghera WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Apple Inc. and five major book publishers for allegedly colluding to fix e-book prices. The suit, filed in US District Court in New York, alleges that Apple and the publishers ...

US files suit against Apple, publishers over e-book price-fixing
Fox News
Did Apple collude with publishers over e-books?AP The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five publishers Wednesday, alleging e-book prices were artificially hiked by $2 to $3 and as much as $5 -- costing ...

Apple and the E-Book Publishers: Anti-Competitive Agreement in Restraint of Trade
Forbes
Books have traditionally been sold on the wholesale model and this is what Amazon was doing with e-books. Along came Apple and a new agreement with the publishers and they switched to the agency model and lo and behold, e-book prices went up.

DOJ Files Antitrust Suit Against Apple and 5 Publishers Over E-Book Pricing
Wired News (blog)
After unilateral efforts to pressure Amazon's discounting of e-books failed, the publishers “thereafter conspired to raise retail e-book prices and to otherwise limit competition in the sale of e-books. To effectuate their conspiracy, the Publisher ...

Wired News (blog)

Apple, Publishers Face Antitrust Charges Over E-books
Fox Business
By Dunstan Prial The US Department of Justice will reportedly file an antitrust suit against Apple (AAPL) for conspiring to fix the price of e-books with several of the largest book publishers. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the DOJ ...

Apple, Major Publishers Sued Over E-Book Pricing
PCWorld
By Jared Newman, PCWorld Apr 11, 2012 8:31 AM The United States Department of Justice has sued Apple and five major book publishers, accusing them of colluding to raise e-book prices. The lawsuit, filed in New York district court, names Apple, ...

US sues Apple, publishers over electronic books
MiamiHerald.com
... on each e-book it sold, the lawsuit said. "To effectuate their conspiracy, the publisherdefendants teamed up with defendant Apple, which shared the same goal of restraining retail price competition in the sale of e-books," the lawsuit said.

Justice Dept. sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices
Washington Post
The US Justice Department announced Wednesday it was suing Apple and five major publishers, alleging they colluded to keep the price of e-books artifically high. “As a result of this alleged conspiracy, we believe that consumers paid millions of ...

DOJ Files E-book Price-fixing Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers
PCWorld
By Grant Gross, IDG News The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five large publishers, accusing the companies of working together to raise prices of e-books. Defendants in the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, are Apple, ...

DOJ announces three e-book settlements, but not with Apple
CNET (blog)
E-book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster have settled allegations of e-book price fixing. Three other companies, including Apple, will square off against the Justice Department in court. by Declan McCullagh April 11, ...

Apple sued over ebook pricing
Financial Times
By David Gelles and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York The Department of Justice has sued Apple and five of the largest book publishers, alleging that they colluded to increase the price of ebooks, saying that a change to the industry's model at the ...

U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette
Bloomberg
The US sued Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming the publishers colluded to fix eBook prices. CBS Corp. (CBS)'s Simon & Schuster, Lagardère SCA's Hachette Book Group ...

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Apple, Publishers Sued Over E-Book Pricing
BusinessWeek
By Sara Forden and Jeff Bliss on April 11, 2012 Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL) and two publishers, Macmillan and Penguin, were accused by the US Justice Department of conspiring to fix prices of digital books to undermine Amazon.com Inc.'s dominance of the ...

US sues Apple, publishers in NYC with antitrust claims over electronic books
Washington Post
NEW YORK — The US government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and bookpublishers Wednesday, saying the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition. The government also filed papers in US ...

Ebooks price fixing? Book 'em
Los Angeles Times
The new pricing model adopted by Apple and the publishers promoted competition in the markets for ebooks, ebook readers and hard-copy books that Amazon had come to dominate. Attacking that model might lower the price for some ebooks, but it would hurt ...

US Sues Apple Over E-Book Pricing; Three Publishers Settle
BusinessWeek
By Bob Van Voris on April 11, 2012 The US sued Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming the publishers colluded to fix eBook prices. CBS Corp.

US accuses Apple, publishers of e-book price fixing
Reuters
The conspiracy has caused e-book consumers to pay "tens of millions of dollars more for e-books than they otherwise would have paid," the Justice Department said in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday. The department alleged that Apple and the publishers had ...

This is why DOJ accused Apple of fixing e-book prices
CNET (blog)
Since then, prices that consumers pay for e-books have risen and Amazon and other onlinebook sellers who discount have been under pressure. The government says now in a complaint filed in New York that the arrangement Apple struck with publishers ...

DOJ files e-book price-fixing suit against Apple
CBS News
(Credit: CNET) Updated April 11, 2012 10:30 am ET (CNET) The US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple for alleged e-book price fixing Wednesday CNET has confirmed. Apple had reportedly been in talks with federal regulators ...

CBS News

Report: Justice Department Sues Apple Over E-Book Price Fixing
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius The Justice Department has filed suit against Apple and five major publishers for alleged e-book price fixing. As reported by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, the DOJ filed in Manhattan federal court today, arguing that Apple ...

Feds: Apple, publishers fixed prices on e-books
New York Daily News
By Robert Gearty / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Apple and five publishers colluded to raise prices of ebooks by as much as $5, according to a federal complaint. Apple's iPad allows users to read electronic books. Apple and five of the six largest publishers in ...

New York Daily News

DOJ Brings E-Book Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers
TIME
By Matt Peckham | @mattpeckham | April 11, 2012 | + Just like that, Apple is officially on the receiving end of a major antitrust lawsuit filed this morning by the US Justice Department for alleged e-book price-fixing. The suit, filed in New York ...

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why e-books aren't cheaper
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The agency is suing Apple Inc., the maker of the popular iPad e-reader, and several publishers, accusing them of scheming to manipulate e-book prices to limit competition. Apple gets a big chunk of the e-book sales, while the publishers get to protect ...

DOJ sues Apple, publishers on e-book pricing
Politico
The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday against Apple and a band of publishing houses over alleged price fixing prices of e-books for the iPad, a knowledgeable source confirmed to POLITICO. The antitrust lawsuit was filed in federal district court ...

Politico

Justice Department sues Apple over e-book price-fixing
msnbc.com
By msnbc.com staff The US Justice Department sued Apple Wednesday, alleging the technology giant and five major publishers conspired to push up the prices of e-books and limit retail price competition. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court by ...

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US government sues Apple in eBook price-fixing antitrust suit ...
By Jordan Kahn
US government sues Apple in eBook price-fixing antitrust suithttp://9to5mac.com/2012/04/11/u-s-government-sues-apple-in-e-book-price-fixing-antitrust-suit/. April 11, 2012 at 7:00 am. BREAKING: U.S. files price- fixing antitrust lawsuit against ...
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Apple, Hachette Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over eBook Pricing
By Bloomberg
The lawsuit said the effort was a response to the success Amazon.com had in selling e-booksfor just under $10. The alleged conspiracy came as Apple was preparing to launch the iPad and called for Apple to be guaranteed a 30 percent commission on each e-book it sold, the lawsuit said. "To effectuate their conspiracy, the publisher defendants teamed up with defendant Apple, which shared the same goal of restraining retail price competition in the sale of e-books," the lawsuit said.
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U.S. government sues Apple over eBook price-fixing
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DOJ could serve Apple with e-book pricing antitrust lawsuit ...
By Meghan Kelly
In an effort to protect consumers from heightened e-book prices, the Department of Justice could sue Apple Wednesday morning. The DOJ is concerned with a deal between Apple and five other publishers -- Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book ...
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To prepare for this first session I had found several book trailers that I felt would be good models for my students. Like the the ones they would do these relied on images rather than live action, had only text to read and no voice overs, and were ...
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Prince's 'Purple Rain' - Book Excerpt - Movieline
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Diane Luby Lane: Los Angeles -- Literary Riot
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DOJ Sues Apple & Publishers Over eBook Prices - GalleyCat
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DOJ Sues Apple & Publishers Over eBook Prices. ... claiming collusion over eBook pricing.” The Wall Street Journal has posted this alert at the top of its homepage: “U.S. files antitrust lawsuit against Apple, publishers over e-book pricing.
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Romance Author Lizzy Ford Launches International Ebook Store
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