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The Telecom Digest for July 20, 2012
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Charles Schumer: Memo to DOJ-Drop the Apple E-Books Suit (Monty Solomon)

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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:01:51 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Charles Schumer: Memo to DOJ-Drop the Apple E-Books Suit
Message-ID: <p0624087fcc2ded6c9f4c@[10.0.1.6]>

Memo to DOJ: Drop the Apple E-Books Suit

Restoring Amazon's monopoly in digital publishing is not in the 
public interest.

By CHARLES E. SCHUMER
July 17, 2012

Recently the Department of Justice filed suit against Apple and major 
publishers, alleging that they colluded to raise prices in the 
digital books market. While the claim sounds plausible on its face, 
the suit could wipe out the publishing industry as we know it, making 
it much harder for young authors to get published.

The suit will restore Amazon to the dominant position atop the 
e-books market it occupied for years before competition arrived in 
the form of Apple. If that happens, consumers will be forced to 
accept whatever prices Amazon sets.

...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303740704577527211023581798.html






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