A key point that the Department of Justice is using in its lawsuit is when all five of the publishers met together at a hotel in London to talk over eBook prices. Apple was not present at the meeting, so this may give the Department of Justice a harder time to press the Cupertino-based Company. Of course, the Department of Justice could still come out victorious, but it may have to dig a little deeper against Apple than it did with publishers. We are sure there will be more out of this case as time goes on.
Also, in an interview with the Washington Post, analyst Shawn Wu said the issue is “fixable.” In other news, the eBook pricing row could hit Australia too, according to the AFR.
- DOJ explains settlement with three publishers, Macmillan CEO explains why they won’t settle (9to5mac.com)
- Report: DOJ to sue Apple this week over fixed eBook pricing allegation (9to5mac.com)
