Apple and 5 Publishers Related Court Asked to price eBook

Was related to the sale price of Apple's ebook is considered too high. And submitted to the court on Tuesday (Aug. 9) then it is a class-action against Apple about the pricing policies ebook. Through the District Court and the Court Northern District of California, the lawsuit considers Apple to take advantage of excess with the popular ebook price limits will be missed.

The lawsuit also think Apple has conspired with five world-class publisher: HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster to antagonize the Amazon. Amazon's policy is related to depress the price as low as possible in order to compete with the ebook sold by Apple. Discount to the consumer user's Kindle reader is considered (by Apple and 5 penrbit) as a dangerous thing because it will cause consumers expect lower prices as well for the reader to other brands.

Steve Berman as spokesperson said that his party intends to prove that Apple was in the plan to neutralize before the popularity of Amazon's Kindle eReader that could eventually jeopardize the fate of the iPad: Apple tablet is designed to compete in Rabah eReader.

It added that the fifth publisher of books on Amazon has also been forced to not give them a discount and instead pointed to the agency model so that prices can be set and Amazon can no longer provide a lower price.

If Amazon sells ebook below the price set five publishers that they would Amazon block access to the books they publish. Quite tragic because it's five publishers dominate 85% of the books of fiction and non fiction.

"Apple does not want to enter the realm of e-book market because they know they will compete with Amazon that has a discount program. So rather than looking for ways to compete with Amazon, Apple would prefer to compete through anti-consumer scheme. "

"Its very disgusting than what Apple and five publishers that is they curb the freedom to innovate. And it has become Apple's properties so that they can be winners in any competitive business. "

- Steve Berman of Hagens Berman Law Firm -

 

The longer the only story-defendants sued by / Apple. It would be a great case because it is a class-action representing every person who ever bought an e-book after being taken over by the agency owned by five publishers in the model above, not between companies like Apple vs.. Samsung or Apple vs.. Motorola.

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