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Didn't they settle and /not/ admit guilt? That's often one of the reasons to settle.
by sambe 11y ago
Didn't they settle and /not/ admit guilt? That's often one of the reasons to settle.
- acqq 11y agoAnd the settlement of the publishers also doesn't incriminate Apple, IMHO. It was documented that the publishers communicated between themselves even before Apple appeared.
- muddi900 11y agoNot all conspiracies are enacted by secret cabals. Apple may have joined later, but three levels of federal court, plus settlement in a civil suit, have now shown us they were in fact guilty of conspiring.
- muddi900 11y agoI can't seem to find the terms of the settlement anywhere but they did pay the punitive settlement. If you believe you are innocent you fight, which is what Apple did. These circular arguments only exist because the culprit in the case is Apple. Apple tried to fix prices by colluding with a cartel of book publishers instead compete in a free market. They have been found guilty of this by one court, the decision has been upheld by another court and the Supreme Court has rejected there appeal. It then used its market power to force all competitors off iOS. They literally killed the ebook market.