Apple welcomes trial over eBook price-fixing allegations

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Apple wants to go to trial to defend itself against allegations made the United States government surround a price-fixing scheme, <em>Reuters</em> reported on Wednesday.  ”Our basic view is that we would like the case to be decided on the merits,” Apple lawyer, Daniel Floyd, told U.S. District Judge Denise Cote. “We believe that this is not an appropriate case against us and we would like to validate that.” The Department of Justice last week accused the <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/11/u-s-government-sues-apple-over-ebook-price-fixing/">Cupertino-based company and five book publishers of conspiring to fix electronic book prices</a> through Apple’s iBookstore. According to the DOJ’s case, Apple agreed in 2010 to allow some of the top book publishers to set their own prices. Since then, prices have risen and other online retailers such as Amazon have been under pressure from publishers to raise their discounted prices as well. The Justice Department claims Apple colluded with Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Group and Macmillan to control prices. The the next hearing in the trial is scheduled for June 22nd. <span id="more-136275"></span>

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