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<title>Independent booksellers sue Amazon, publishers for monopoly</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/21/suit.blames.drm.for.lack.of.ability.to.enter.the.market/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361489645_fictionaddiction-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Independent booksellers The Book House, Posman Books, and Fiction Addiction are suing Amazon and the "Big Six" publishers consisting of Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, and Simon &amp; Schuster. The suit accuses the seven companies of monopolizing the e-book market by selling titles encumbered by draconian digital rights management, and says that the companies have a seeming ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU ready to accept deal with Apple, book publishers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/06/deal.would.have.amazon.going.back.to.original.ebook.prices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-books2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Regulators with the European Union are prepared to accept a proposal by Apple and four publishers to end an antitrust investigation into ebook pricing, Reuters sources say.  Under the terms of the arrangement, Apple and the publishers would let retailers set their own prices and discounts for at least two years.  The deal would also suspend "most-favored nation" contracts for at least five years...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E-book settlement terms revealed: $69 million to be paid out</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346365296_applekeynotepubs-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book buyers in 49 states and five territories are poised to receive $69 million as a result of civil suit settlement accusing Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon &amp; Schuster of collusion with Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin. If the settlement is approved by Judge Denise Cote, the three publishers will partially reimburse consumers who bought agency-priced e-books between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Simon &amp; Schuster settles with states in price fixing suit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/judgecote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[One of the defendants dealing with multiple antitrust lawsuits has settled the overall complaint filed by many states' attorneys general. As a result, Judge Denise Cote granted a motion on Tuesday to dismiss Simon &amp; Schuster from the federal complaint. The terms of the settlement have not been provided....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple says decision to face DOJ trial voluntary, talks to EU</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple on Wednesday stated that its confronting a Department of Justice lawsuit over e-book pricing was deliberate.  Attorney Daniel Floyd told Judge Denise Cote that Apple believed the lawsuit was "not an appropriate case" and wanted to prove itself in court.  The company wanted this to be "decided on the merits," Reuters heard while observing Floyd at a hearing....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ sues Apple, publishers over e-book pricing [u]</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Updated with settlement news) As suspected, the US Department of Justice has sued Apple and publishers over claims of unfair e-book pricing.  The complaint accuses Apple of colluding with publishers by both requiring a switch to an agency model, where publishers set the prices and ask for more, as well as demanding "most favored nation" status where no rival could have a lower price than the iBoo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU willing to settle with e-book publishers over pricing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/12/eu.deal.may.avoid.penalty.over.apple.book.pricing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia in comments Monday said his agency was willing to settle with publishers over an e-book price fixing investigation.  He was willing to put an end to possible penalties for Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon &amp; Schuster, and Macmillan if they addressed "all our objections [at the EC]" over the group allegedly raising prices unfairly, Reute...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Random House ups library e-book rates to keep uncapped loans</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/amazonkindle4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Random House helped set a possible precedent for e-books in libraries late last week after it agreed to a deal on lending.  While it would raise the price for an e-book by an unspecified amount, the term would guarantee that libarires could have any title they want and provide an unlimited number of loans.  The deal was portrayed to Publishers Weekly and others as giving authors fair compensation ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EC investigates if publishers, Apple collude on ebook prices</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/euflag-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The European Commission detailed plans Tuesday for a formal investigation into major publishers and Apple as to whether their deal might violate EU antitrust law.  Officials will determine whether Hachette Livre, HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon &amp; Schuster, and Macmillan have possibly used Apple to shut out e-book competition from rival stores or publishers.  EC staff are worried that the agency mode...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Class action lawsuit accuses Apple of price fixing on iBooks</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/ipad2-tvad7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Seattle-area law firm Hagens Berman on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit accusing Apple of colluding with publishers to fix iBookstore prices.  The suit, submitted in a Northern District of California court by representing members Anthony Petru and Marcus Mathis, accuses Apple of making unfair deals with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon &amp; Schuster to artificially keep pric...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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