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The illegal collusion with Apple was over coordinated price fixing. I don't see what would be illegal about book publishers partnering up to create their own o
by jasode 12y ago
The illegal collusion with Apple was over coordinated price fixing.
I don't see what would be illegal about book publishers partnering up to create their own online store and making their titles exclusive to that store.
The major record labels jointly own Vevo[1] for youtube content. They also collectively own a big chunk of Spotify.
Pearson Publishing is a competitor of O'Reilly and yet they were partial owners of the O'Reilly online subscription system.[2]
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo
[2]http://www.oreilly.com/pub/pr/3216 http://www.oreilly.com/pub/pr/3216
- exelius 12y agoJoint ventures almost never pan out; especially for content. Once you create a joint venture, none of the partners have full control. That means decisions need to be made by consensus. It's hard to have consensus on a regular basis with one of your competitors. Do it too much and it's anticompetitive; don't do it enough and you'll never get anything dine. If your company is relying on a joint venture to save its future, you should probably update your resume...