Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.While a setback for Apple, which had asked for a stay of the appointment of an external compliance monitor in an ebooks price-fixing conspiracy case, the ruling by the appeals court on Monday also sets boundaries for the monitor.In 2012, the Department of Justice along with 33 states and U.S. territories brought a lawsuit charging that Apple and five major U.S. book publishers conspired to raise prices in the ebook market in 2010.Ruling last year that Apple and the publishers conspired to raise the prices of ebooks, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had ordered the appointment of the monitor to evaluate whether Apple’s compliance and training programs were designed to detect and prevent future violations of antitrust laws, according to court records.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A ruling by the District Court in Berlin has put an end to one of the most acrimonious power struggles in the history of German publishing and secured the future of one of the country’s best-known literary publishers - Suhrkamp. The company can finally now go ahead with much needed reforms,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Coates has blamed uncertainty over the ebook market for the collapse of his ebook site Bilbary. The ebookseller went into liquidation in April, with a final creditors’ meeting to be held in December. Coates is now working on The Freckle Project, a new ebook venture aiming to bridge the gap... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can a one-size-fits-all, low-price, consumer-dominated sales model support a diverse, innovative, challenging literary output?It is either an existential threat to intellectual freedom or a rustbelt media industry meeting its comeuppance at the hands of disruptive technology. The battle between... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salesforce.com recently launched a new product called Social Studio in spite of the fact that an existing, competing product had already used that name for years, marketing software vendor StrongView Systems alleges in a new trademark-infringement lawsuit.Social Studio, which was launched in... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oculus VR has accused game publisher ZeniMax Media of attempting to cash in on Facebook’s pending acquisition of the wearable virtual reality technology company.In a court filing challenging ZeniMax’s ownership claims in its virtual reality technology, Oculus also cited mail from a former... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement in the ebooks price-fixing lawsuit with U.S. states and a consumer group ahead of a trial for damages scheduled for July 14, according to records in a New York federal court.The iPhone maker will, however, continue its appeal of a verdict in July last... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Foyles closes the doors of its world famous, 111-year-old London store and opens a new one share words and images that stir your memories of independent bookshopsShare your photos and stories via GuardianWitness With Amazon still throwing its considerable weight into the ongoing dispute... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple attorneys argue that sending the matter to the Second Circuit would “save judicial resources by potentially avoiding the need for a costly trial.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New York judge has given the go-ahead for a group to collectively sue Apple for damages over its collusion with publishers to fix the price of electronic books.Denise Cote, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, wrote in her approval of class status that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, has made the prediction that self-published books will account for 50% of ebook sales by 2020. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple had no knowledge that publishers were engaged in a conspiracy in December 2009 or at any other point, the company said in its appeal against a district court ruling which found Apple and five major U.S. publishers had conspired to fix ebook prices.The district court’s findings show that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.While a setback for Apple, which had asked for a stay of the appointment of an external compliance monitor in an ebooks price-fixing conspiracy case, the ruling by... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony, one of the first companies to enter the ebook market, will close its ebookstore in March and allow its American and Canadian customers to migrate their accounts to Kobo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russia's ebook market is expanding as more legitimate titles come online and efforts are made to fight piracy. Could ebook piracy finally be waning? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a filing with the district court, the Authors Guild gave notice that it is appealing Judge Denny Chin’s to dismiss its copyright suit over Google’s library scanning program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun to send more than 58,000 refund checks to consumers who lost money to Green Millionaire, a company that promised a free book explaining how to power cars and homes at no cost, but then billed customers for an online magazine they never ordered. The... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Ofcom study into consumers' digital consumption has found that Amazon has a dominant 79%... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The federal judge presiding over the U.S. electronic books case against Apple has barred the company from striking deals that would ensure that it could undercut prices of other retailers in the ebook market.(macworld.com) Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US Justice Department was insistent that its proposed injunction against Apple for alleged ebook price fixing was the proper remedy earlier this month, but it's now willing to budge on that somewhat. As Reuters reports, the DOJ has offered to cut the length of the injunction from ten to five... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal judge took Apple to task on Friday for showing no contrition about potentially defrauding its customers of hundreds of millions of dollars. "None of the publishers nor Apple have expressed any remorse" about colluding to fix electronic book prices in 2010, said District Judge Denise... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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