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IANAL, but the problem is when Apple says that publishers must prevent Apple's rivals from selling the books for less. Without that, the agency model is fine, b
by jamesaguilar 15y ago
IANAL, but the problem is when Apple says that publishers must prevent Apple's rivals from selling the books for less. Without that, the agency model is fine, but when Apple and the publishers conspire to prevent undercutting, that's tantamount to conspiring to raise prices.
- Cadsby 15y agoAmazon does the same thing. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/when-it-comes-to-content-amazons-kindle-wont-be-undersold/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/when-it-comes-to-co...
- jamesaguilar 15y agoInteresting. Maybe the problem is with the fact that the books tend to cost more on Apple's setup combined with the MFN clause? I don't think that the government could sue Amazon for conspiring to raise prices since it has a public and prolific history of trying to reduce them. It's also telling that Amazon tried to force publishers to do things they don't want to do, which is not like a conspiracy, whereas Apple is giving them what they want, which is. But in the end, IANAL so I can't give you a definitive answer. I'm just speculating, same as everyone else on this thread. ;)