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Re:DOJ Calls for Apple to End Book Deals, Link to Rival Book... by MBCook on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:35PM (#6150996)
> The moment thats not the case, you can be sure there will be an anti-trust investigation.

That was the case, there was an investigation. All the publishers quickly settled because they were caught colluding to use Apple to force Amazon to switch sales models.

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Re:DOJ Calls for Apple to End Book Deals, Link to Rival Book... by revelation on Saturday August 03, 2013 @07:43PM (#6153850)
You need to read the emails cited in the case. Apple was acting as ring leader, the publishers didn't get the idea and then used Apple.
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