Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially highAmazon.com and the “Big Five” publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – have been accused of colluding to fix ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-01-15 13:04:33 UTC ]
Following a court ruling that it was involved in ebook price-fixing with five publishers, Apple has started the process of paying back $400m in refunds. Despite agreeing to pay out the thick end of half a billion dollars, Apple denies doing anything wrong. Interestingly, the payouts will not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five major publishers are challenging restrictions imposed on Apple after it was found guilty of ebook price-fixing. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of ebook price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
WASHINGTON -- Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs and top executives at five major book publishers illegally conspired to raise the prices of ebooks, costing consumers tens of millions of dollars, federal and state officials alleged in antitrust suits filed Wednesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
European Union antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia says that the Competition Commission is open to a settlement with publishers in the increasingly high-profile ebook price fixing case, but only if the companies address key regulatory issues. Almunia says regulators are coordinating with the Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]