Judge Denise Cote on Tuesday put to rest concerns that Apple's looming punishment for colluding with book publishers might encroach upon other facets of the company's business.
In the wake of Apple's guilty verdict for conspiring to raise the price of e-books, you might recall that one of the DOJ's proposed remedies included a sweeping proposal that would have enabled book retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble to provide links to e-books from within their own e-book apps. This, of course, runs counter to Apple's App Store guidelines as it skirts around Apple's 30 percent cut.
In its reply brief, Apple argued that the DOJ's remedies were unreasonably broad, draconian and punitive.
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