Sentences with phrase «to fix ebook pricing»

You might have heard of the recent Justice Department settlement with the big six publishers on fixing eBook prices.

«Court rules Apple fixed ebook prices, led an illegal conspiracy» by Jeff John Roberts at PaidContent — July 10, 2013

The DOJ accuses Apple of conspiring with book publishers to fix ebook prices for the launch of the iBookstore in 2010.

Apple colluded with the big publishers to jack up ebook pricing and to fix ebook pricing so publishers set prices and no one can offer discounts back when the iPad was first released.

Apple execs have made a «promising start» to fixing the company's antitrust compliance programme, says the monitor appointed by the court after the iPhone maker was found guilty of conspiring to fix ebook prices last year.

Apple Inc. and the Big Six publishers are facing a widening array of investigations and lawsuits that allege they conspired to illegally fix ebook pricing in an effort to undermine Amazon's competitive edge.

Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations.

Apple has maintained that it «did not conspire to fix ebook pricing» throughout, although the judge's decision was called a «victory for millions of ebook readers» by the DoJ.

The publishers accused of conspiring to fix ebook prices — Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Group (USA) Inc, Macmillan and CBS - owned Simon & Schuster (ZDNet is also owned by CBS)-- agreed to pay over $ 160 million in settlement charges.

Politics has played an important role: in Europe, several governments including France, Russia and Germany are investing tens of millions to shore up their publishing and bookselling infrastructure, while in the United States a contentious lawsuit saw the Department of Justice convicting Apple and five of America's largest publishers of colluding to fix ebook prices.

Amazon was mentioned 142 times in the Guild's objection to settlement terms proposed by the Department of Justice in DOJ's lawsuit against Apple and five major publishers charged with colluding to fix eBook prices.

Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to settle in response to the DOJ's allegations that they colluded with Apple to fix ebook prices.

Apple violated federal antitrust law in a conspiracy with five book publishers to fix ebook prices,...

In the wake of Apple being found guilty of conspiring with Publishers to fix ebook prices, people are reacting in very emotion - driven ways.

The European Commission began its formal antitrust investigation last December and, like the U.S. Department of Justice, accused Apple and publishers of colluding to fix ebook prices.

Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations.

Like the Department of Justice in the United States, the European Commission, which began its formal antitrust investigation last December, accused Apple and publishers of colluding to fix ebook prices.

«Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and this ruling does nothing to change the facts.

Apple seeks to overturn Judge Cote's July verdict that it conspired with publishers to fix ebook prices, as well as the September 6 injunction that prohibits Apple from including most - favored - nation clauses in its ebook contracts for five years and requires it to be monitored by a court - appointed external monitor.

In the trial, beginning June 3, the DOJ will argue that Apple conspired with book publishers to fix ebook prices.

Led by the Attorneys General of Connecticut and Texas, 49 states (excluding Minnesota) and 5 U.S. territories had accused the publishers of conspiring to fix ebook prices.

Just four days after a federal judge approved the Department of Justice's settlement with HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster for allegedly colluding with Apple to fix ebook prices, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google and other ebook retailers have already begun discounting HarperCollins ebooks.

Apple violated federal antitrust law in a conspiracy with five book publishers to fix ebook prices, according to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In April, the Department of Justice sued Apple (s AAPL) and five book publishers for allegedly colluding to fix ebook prices.

«Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and this ruling does nothing to change the facts,» it told The Reg in an emailed statement, adding: «We are disappointed the Court does not recognize the innovation and choice the iBooks Store brought for consumers.

In a recently released document filed with the court on Wednesday, Apple's counsel addressed the charges by claiming the DOJ has its story backwards — Apple wasn't working with publishers to fix eBook prices, it was breaking Amazon's «monopolistic grip» on the eBook market and the publishing industry.