Apple and publishers offer deal to put price fixing scandal behind them in EU

In the US, the e-book price fixing scandal appears to be winding towards its inevitable conclusion. Many of the publishers settled with the DOJ right off the bat, and now the states themselves have gotten three publishing houses to cough up $69 million in their own agreement. (Of course, Apple, Macmillan and Penguin have all decided to go the trial route, but we'll have to wait till next year to see how that plays out.) In Europe, the battle is still raging on, but Reuters is reporting that the accused are offering concessions in a bid to put the antitrust allegations behind them. The only name missing from the list is Penguin, which may or may not be part of the plea deal. Not all the details of the proposals have been revealed yet, and there's no guarantee the commission will accept them. The heart of the settlement, however, would involve allowing Amazon to sell e-books at a discounted price for two years. Would cheaper Kindle books be good, clean fun for the whole family? Sure, but it certainly pales in comparison to the potential penalties if Apple and their publishing partners go to trial.Filed under: AppleApple and publishers offer deal to put price fixing scandal behind them in EU originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Commentsideal free online coupons to obtain yellow jacket 46100 4 valve manifold buy che ideal free printable coupons for the 3m 01360 stikit gold discs buy cheap 2012 a ideal free printable coupons of acdelco 215 55 buy cheap 2012 amazon ideal free printable coupons of kidde 466403 extinguisher gallon stainless buy c ideal free printable coupons on 3m 01633 stikit p500a dust free buy cheap 2012 a ideal free printable coupons on milwaukee 8912 gallon horsepower blower buy chea ideal free printable coupons to obtain acdelco 215 128 fuel pump assembly buy ch ideal free shipping codes on atd tools 100m micrometer torque buy cheap 2012 ama ideal free shipping codes over all sales 9200t door protector buy cheap 2012 ama ideal google coupons for many go industries 6168 v gate chevy buy cheap 2012 ama ideal google coupons for many performance tool bearing locknut socket buy cheap ideal google coupons just for power steering pump pulley kit buy cheap 2012 amaz ideal google coupons just for spyder auto suburban denali altezza buy cheap 2012 ideal highstreet voucher codes just for flex lk302ve polishing machine control b ideal highstreet voucher codes just for warn 65508 rock crawler bumper buy cheap ideal highstreet voucher codes on car worx molding 2003 2004 impreza buy cheap 2 ideal in store coupons available for 20 gallons electric parts washer buy cheap ideal in store coupons available for extech contact tachometer buy cheap 2012 am ideal in store coupons available for street scene 950 72114 universal fiberglass ideal internet coupons for chicago pneumatic cp77332 2 inch extended buy cheap 2 ideal internet coupons for the actron bearing puller set buy cheap 2012 amazon ideal internet coupons for the skyjacker f920ms front leveling 09 c buy cheap 20 ideal local coupons for devilbiss dev703065 tekna efficiency gravity buy cheap 2 ideal local coupons for go industries d726set brackets stiffeners buy cheap 2012 ideal local coupons for racatac rct01rac3 kneeling sitting creeper buy cheap 201 ideal local coupons to obtain bestop 42810 09 charcoal window storage buy cheap ideal online codes for performance tool puller installer w89324 buy cheap 2012 a ideal online codes for performance tool puller installer w89324 buy cheap 2012 a ideal online codes for sem professional grade tintable truck buy cheap 2012 amaz ideal online codes for sem professional grade tintable truck buy cheap 2012 amaz