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DOJ responds to avalanche of criticism over its Apple anti-trust lawsuit
In the wake of the DOJ’s lawsuit against Apple amid allegations of colluding with publishers to raise the price of e-books, there have been no shortage of critics lambasting the DOJ for going after Apple when Amazon essentially owns the e-book market. Recently, we highlighted the letter that US Senator Charles Schumer penned taking the […]
Continue reading...US Senator Charles Schumer lambasts DOJ for its antitrust lawsuit against Apple over eBook pricing
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Nearly three months ago, the US DOJ curiously decided to sue Apple and a host of other publishers alleging that the parties conspired togeter in an efort traise the price of eBooks. Apple, along with the publishers in question, have vhemently denied the allegations while explaining that their pricing agreements actually serve to further competition […]
Continue reading...Apple welcomes trial over e-book price fixing allegations
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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The US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple two weeks ago, alleging that Apple, along with a cohort of publishers, colluded to raise the price of e-books on Apple’s iBookstore, and in turn, adversely affect the pricing of e-books on Amazon as well. While three publishers have already settled with the US Justice […]
Continue reading...Steve Berman, lead counsel for Apple lawsuit, issues statement
Monday, April 16, 2012
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In light of the recently initiated lawsuit against Apple, the lead counsel that brought the suit in the first place, Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman, issued the following statement last Wednesday. “We are pleased that the U.S. Justice Department and Attorney General Holder agreed with our analysis that Apple and some of the nation’s […]
Continue reading...Apple responds to anti-trust allegations; We’re “breaking Amazon’s monopolotistic grip”
Friday, April 13, 2012
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Apple has finally issued an official comment regarding the US Justice Department’s antitrust suit against them regarding allegations that they conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books. Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told Peter Kafka of All Things D: The DOJ’s accusation of collusion against Apple is simply not true. The launch of the […]
Continue reading...Legal experts say US Justice Department doesn’t have a strong case against Apple
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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With the US Justice Department now moving full steam ahead in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple and an assortment of publishers, antitrust legal experts are claiming that the governments case against the publishers is much stronger than their case against Apple. CNET reports: One reason lies in the Justice Department’s 36-page complaint, which recounts how […]
Continue reading...3 Publishers settle with DOJ; Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin still under fire
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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After suing Apple and 5 other publishers this morning for antitrust violations, it now appears that three of those publishers targeted by the initial lawsuit have settled with the government. The three publishers in question include Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. That leaves Apple and two other publishers – Macmillan and Penguin – still […]
Continue reading...US DOJ files antitrust lawsuit against Apple and handful of publishers
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Breaking news this morning as Bloomberg is reporting that the US DOJ is suing Apple and a host of other publishers alleging that all the parties colluded together in an effort to raise this price of eBooks. The publishers taken to task include Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster. Apple and Macmillan, […]
Continue reading...WIth looming DOJ investigation, Apple may have to abandon “agency model” pricing on e-books
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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In late 2011, the US DOJ took a cursory look into the “agency model” of e-book pricing Apple instituted with its iBookstore. Under the agency model, Apple let publishers set their own price for books, albeit with the concession that they couldn’t sell said books at a cheaper pricepoint in other online venues. So the […]
Continue reading...Apple’s January event to include major iBooks and digital textbook announcements
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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New details about Apple’s rumored media event are emerging and it looks like Cupertino is about to make some huge announcements regarding digital textbooks. Clayton Morris of Fox News writes that the event will have two main topics of conversation – iTunes University and Apple in education. I learned of the event back in September […]
Continue reading...Apple puts the kibosh on content purchased outside of iTunes
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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The New York Times is reporting that Apple has informed application developers like Sony that they will no longer be able to sell content like e-books within their apps as a means to circumvent the iTunes App Store. Apple rejected Sony’s iPhone application, which would have let people buy and read e-books bought from the […]
Continue reading...Disney sells over 1 million iOS book apps
Monday, January 10, 2011
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With titles like Toy Story 2 Read-Along and Princess Dress-Up, Disney’s selection of 9 iOS book apps have been downloaded over 1 million times thus far. Impressively, each of Disney’s 9 iOS book apps have at some point or another made an appearance in the top 10 list of paid book apps. Check out the […]
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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