As part of its ongoing effort to prove that Apple colluded with publishers to raise the price of e-books across the board, the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Apple strong-armed publishers into renegotiating their existing contracts with Amazon in order to switch over to the agency model of e-book pricing.
Apple, of course, disputes this allegation. Last week, Apple lawyer Kevin Saul said that Apple was "indifferent" to Amazon's own contracts with publishers. Apple, Saul added, merely wanted its own contracts with publishers to be flexible enough as to ensure that Amazon wouldn't be able to undercut them on pricing. As a result, Apple's contracts with the accused publi
