Jeff John Roberts:
Now, state governments are seeking their own pound of flesh. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has just announced that his state and 15 others have filed an antitrust lawsuit again Apple and five publishers in Texas.
The states say it’s cost consumers $100 million.
The DOJ is a joke. Not that Apple hasn’t done anything wrong (maybe they have) — but they are by far one of the least criminal companies around. Why isn’t the DOJ going after Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, etc who brought down our entire global economy and stole trillions from the middle class and the poor? WTF. Obama and Holder have truly shown themselves for the puppets they are.
Not sure I understand how allowing the publishers to set prices for their digital content is bad for consumers. Sure, maybe you pay more than when Amazon forced everyone to sell books for $10, but how is this anti-competitive? If I’m a publisher and I decide to sell a book for $15, isn’t that my right?
As for overpaying, what are they measuring this against? Overpaying vs what you would have paid if you bought it from Amazon before Apple entered the eBook market?
Maybe I’m missing something here.
I have no clue what the “correct” price for eBooks is. But I’m sure that the DOJ doesn’t either.
My objection to eBooks has never been the price; it remains the DRM. I can’t borrow/loan/sell them, therefore not “worth it”.
Of all the so-called “cartels” to go after. Because traditional book publishers never fixed prices. Oh, no.