Apple Accused of Price Fixing
Justice Department case centers around collusion with 5 major publishing houses
The Justice Department is accusing Apple of leading an e-book price-fixing ring, Reuters reported, citing documents filed in federal court on Tuesday.
Apple is accused of colluding with five major publishing houses—Penguin, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette—to force Amazon to raise its ebook prices. The publishing houses have all agreed to settle, but Apple will go to trial June 3.
The New York Times quoted Steve Jobs as saying, in an email to James Murdoch of NewsCorp.,
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