Judge rules against Apple in e-Book case


The Verge:

In her ruling, Judge Denise Cote said that she found the Justice Department's case compelling. "The Plaintiffs have shown that the Publisher Defendants conspired with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices," she wrote, "and that Apple played a central role in facilitating and executing that conspiracy. Without Apple's orchestration of this conspiracy, it would not have succeeded as it did in the Spring of 2010."


Penalties will be decided later. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Amazon can subsidize e-book pricing to move Kindle boxes. Their models is to increase market control for tablets and digital content. If no one is making money on digital books does that restrict innovation and competition? And overall does this hurt or help consumers in the long run?