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Apple under fire for e-book deals

Jim Riley

17th April 2012

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A great example here of the role of competition legislation and regulation here - which involves everyone’s favourite A2 case study - Apple…

This Channel4 news video explains how the US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Apple and five publishers over a conspiracy to fix retail prices of eBooks, which it claims ‘drove up e-book prices virtually overnight’. Three of the publishers involved have held their hands up and decided to settle - but that still leaves the others.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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