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<title>DOJ will not subpoena notes, testimony from Jobs biographer</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/government.still.pursuing.apple.over.alleged.fixing.of.e.book.prices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As part of its case against Apple for allegedly conspiring to "falsely inflate" e-book prices, the US Department of Justice has opted not to pursue its plan to demand copies of the notes from Steve Jobs' biographer or testimony from Walter Isaacson himself regarding any remarks Jobs may have made about the arrangements Apple made with publishers in its effort to both set up its own e-book service ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/government.still.pursuing.apple.over.alleged.fixing.of.e.book.prices/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin plans new e-book lending distribution deals</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/19/new.agreements.come.nine.months.after.leaving.overdrive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/penguin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Penguin books is to start lending e-books again in the near future, if reports are to be confirmed. Working with distributor Baker and Taylor, the digital books will be available to borrow from Los Angeles and Cleveland-based libraries, though rule changes surrounding the new lending system compared to previous iterations will force libraries to buy a new copy of the book every year....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/19/new.agreements.come.nine.months.after.leaving.overdrive/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple turns tables on Amazon, starts discounting e-books</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/12/new.deal.with.harpercollins.may.signal.new.tactics/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-iBooks-lawsuit-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple, still facing scrutiny from the US Department of Justice and having recently moved to settle with the European Commission over allegations of conspiring with publishers to price e-books higher than the predatory pricing of Amazon, may have opted to change strategy. Having maintained that its "agency" model pricing was required to allow itself (and other companies) to enter the market and bre...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/12/new.deal.with.harpercollins.may.signal.new.tactics/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Judge approves publisher settlements with DOJ over e-books</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/06/ruling.could.be.disastrous.for.bookstores.competition/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-DOJ-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Judge Denise Cote, who is already on the record as believing that publishers conspired to fix e-book prices, has approved a settlement between three of the five major publishers and the US Department of Justice that could see e-book discounter Amazon restored to a monopoly position in the market, reports The Wall Street Journal. In the settlement, Hachette, Simon &amp; Schuster and HarperC...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple, publishers reach deal to avoid EU e-book charges</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/31/allows.amazon.to.discount.e.books.for.two.years/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-iBooks-lawsuit-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple and four of the five major publishing companies have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon to discount e-books for up to two years, part of a deal that could end an EU antitrust investigation that mirrors the case being brought against Apple and two publishing houses in the US. Only one publisher, Pearson's Penguin group, was not part of the sweeping EU arrangement, which could see Amazo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors group, licensing expert slam DOJ's e-book settlement</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/29/parties.cite.amazon.investigation.bad.doj.market.analysis/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/judgecote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Court Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, presiding over the Apple e-books pricing settlement case, has granted amici curiae, or friends of the court, status to two opposing parties. Writer's advocacy organization The Authors Guild and licensing expert Bob Kohn have been given permission to file an amicus brief with the court, de...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/29/parties.cite.amazon.investigation.bad.doj.market.analysis/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ accuses Apple, e-book publishers of 'unmistakable' harm</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/fights.to.save.settlement.with.three.publishers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-DOJ-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has filed its response to Apple's call for the settlement with three of the major publishers to be dismissed or suspended at least until after the trial in which the DOJ accuses Apple and two other publishers of colluding to fix e-book prices. In it, the DOJ accuses Apple, Penguin Group and Macmillan of causing "unmistakable consumer harm."...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/fights.to.save.settlement.with.three.publishers/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court filings show Google's motivations behind book scanning</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/06/documents.from.2004.show.primary.goal.of.making.money/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344039800_googlescan-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a court filing by writer's advocate group The Authors Guild, the motivation for Google's nearly decade-long scanning of books and documents was revealed to be contrary to its stated purpose. Rather than creating a massive "card catalog" of out-of-print books, the internal Google documents show that the primary goal of the scanning was making money....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Isaacson rebuffs lawyers' attempt to obtain notes on Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/31/attorney.for.author.says.plaintiffs.on.a.fishing.expedition/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/DOJ-Apple-ebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson will not have to turn over notes as possible evidence in the case of a class-action lawsuit filed by lawyers allegedly representing unnamed "consumers" said to have been "harmed" by Apple's alleged e-book price-fixing conspiracy, a court has ruled. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP have had their attempt to force Isaacson to turn over notes related to a p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin, Macmillan deny e-book price-fixing conspiracy</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/31/publishers.call.federal.complaint.full.of.innuendo/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/DOJ-Apple-ebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publishers Penguin and Macmillan are denying accusations of a conspiracy with Apple to fix the price of e-books, saying the claims are based on ėlittle circumstantial evidence.î According to the New York Times, the two companies said that the US government piled ėinnuendo on top of innuendoî in the federal complaint, with shots also fired at Amazon by saying the government ėsides with a monop...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/31/publishers.call.federal.complaint.full.of.innuendo/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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