04.06.2013 13:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

US Justice Department makes opening arguments in e-book price fixing case

Apple's e-book price fixing trial began yesterday in New York and the U.S. Justice Department wasted no time painting a picture purporting to show that Apple, along with 5 publishing houses, colluded to artificially raise the price of e-books. In a series of 81 slides released on Monday, the Justice Department laid out its case as it attempts to prove that Apple and five publishing companies violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. The five publishers at issue include the Penguin Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, the Hachette Book Group, and MacMillan. Notably, all five publishers have since settled, thereby leaving Apple the only company actually taking the case to trial. Front and center in the DOJ's case are emails sent from

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