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Guest Post: Amazon, Google and Facebook Warrant Antitrust Scrutiny for Many Reasons – Not Just Because They’re Large

24 June, 201924 June, 2019AntitrustLeave a comment

There’s a growing chorus of U.S. politicians, antitrust scholars and consumer watchdogs calling for stricter antitrust treatment of Amazon, Google, Facebook and other tech giants. Some even say they should be broken...

Kobo is Issuing New Credits From the eBook Antitrust Settlement

23 October, 201711 November, 2017Antitrust, Kobo3 Comments

I have heard from a few readers, and now Dear Author has confirmed, that Kobo has joined Amazon and Barnes & Noble in redistributing unused credits...

Barnes & Noble Now Redistributing Unused Credits From the eBook Antitrust Settlement

19 October, 201723 October, 2017Antitrust, Barnes & Noble6 Comments

Amazon isn’t the only ebook retailer sending out credits for the ebook antitrust settlement this week; Barnes & Noble has also announced that it is disbursing...

Amazon Sent Me a 76 Cent Credit From the Apple eBook Price-Fixing Settlement – How Should I Spend It?

18 October, 201723 October, 2017Amazon, Antitrust, Apple15 Comments

Amazon is sending out emails this morning with the news that ebook buyers are getting another ebook antitrust settlement payment. the money comes from the fine Apple paid...

Kindle Users Have Three More Days to Use Their Apple eBook Credit

21 June, 201721 June, 2017Amazon, Antitrust, AppleLeave a comment

The funds Apple paid out as restitution for its role in conspiring to raise and fix ebook prices in early 2010 ar about to expire. In late...

EU Accepts Amazon eBook Commitments to Settle Antitrust Case

4 May, 20174 May, 2017Amazon, Antitrust2 Comments

The most-favored-nation clause is a tool invented by Apple and used by Amazon to prevent being undercut by price competition. It is on house arrest in...

Apple to Publishers, Authors: No MFN Enforcement in Canada Until 2020

14 February, 201714 February, 2017Antitrust, AppleOne Comment

Last month’s settlement between the Canadian Competition Bureau, Apple, and 3 trade publishers has attracted little press attention, so there’s a good chance that more than...

Canada’s Agency eBook Pricing Settlement Will Have Little Impact on eBook Prices

21 January, 201721 January, 2017Agency, AntitrustLeave a comment

Yesterday’s news about Apple and three major trade publishers agreeing to give up agency price controls in Canada has been misreported in some circles, with one...

Sources Say Amazon Wants to Settle EU Antitrust eBook Investigation

4 October, 201616 November, 2019Amazon, AntitrustLeave a comment

The two antitrust complaints made against Amazon by book publishers in Germany turned out to have no merit, but the ongoing EU investigation may have legs....

Kobo Wins Appeal Over Agency eBook Pricing in Canada

19 August, 201613 May, 2017Agency, Antitrust19 Comments

Kobo has successfully appealed a 2014 consent agreement between the Canadian Competition Bureau and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster where the publishers had agreed to...

Donald Trump: Amazon has “a Huge Antitrust Problem”

13 May, 201617 May, 2016Amazon, Antitrust, Law25 Comments

Now that Trump is the presumptive GOP candidate for president, some pundits have said that he would tone down his rhetoric and start wooing the mainstream...

The German Antitrust Complaints Against Amazon, Audible Were Nothing More Than PR Stunts

8 March, 201627 July, 2016Amazon, Antitrust, Conferences & Trade shows, Publishing2 Comments

Over the past couple years a couple antitrust complaints have been made against Amazon by publishers in Germany, but aside from the initial press splash little has...

Apple is On the Hook for the $450m Settlement after Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s eBook Conspiracy Appeal

7 March, 201612 March, 2016Antitrust, Appeal, Apple26 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc’s challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book...

US Appeals Court Upholds Apple eBook Settlement

17 February, 201617 February, 2016Antitrust, Apple2 Comments

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple’s $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise ebook prices....

Judge Cote Dismisses Part of eBook Retailers’ Lawsuit Against Apple, Publishers

25 January, 201625 January, 2016Antitrust, AppleLeave a comment

Apple has scored a minor victory in its ongoing legal battles over the 2010 conspiracy to raise and fix ebook prices. A little over a month...