Apple contemplated illegally dividing the digital content world with Amazon
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That's not necessarily true, since groups of people fantasizing tends to involve a lot more externalized things that might be evidence. If I dream at night about bombing a federal building, I probably won't be arrested for it, but if I meet weekly with a group of people where we discuss bombing federal buildings and how we might go about it, that's starting to get a lot more sketchy. Similarly, if there are corporate memos flying around and strategy meetings/documents contemplating illegal activity, that's not necessarily a-ok.
More than that, Apple "contemplated" it, then decided against it, maybe because, like "oh that doesn't sound legal, we can't do that" ? And, I don't like Apple. But that's no reason.
You basically just described my college experience. (or a white-hat conference).
That's not what I asked, is it?
Or do you mean that only illegal activities are worthy of our attention?
Are we that dumb yet? I bet in a decade or so, if things keep going the way they are, it will be a reason to actually be jailed/fined. And that's scary. Maybe I should stop contemplating ;-)
There is a big difference between the inner thoughts people entertain, and discussions and negotiations where people actively consider pursuing illegal actions.
If you began meeting with friends about how to assassinate the president and the authorities found out, I'm pretty sure you'd get a legitimate knock on the door from the Secret Service.
Amazon forced publishers to sell most books at $9.99 -- a price that came in below the cost of the books.
According to the DOJ, booksellers were unnerved by the discounted e-book price structure Amazon launched in 2007. The publishers went to Apple in late 2009 to find a way to force Amazon to raise its prices. The iPad proved to be the perfect tool to accomplish that.
The alleged conspiracy placed many books at so-called "agency pricing," putting them on the market for about $12.99 and giving Apple a 30% cut. About three days later, Amazon allowed publishers to set their own prices, resulting in higher prices on the Kindle as well.