{"id":9714,"date":"2012-04-13T07:36:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T05:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=9714"},"modified":"2012-04-13T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T13:41:52","slug":"apple-denies-e-book-price-fixing-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/9714\/apple-denies-e-book-price-fixing-accusations\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple denies e-book price-fixing accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> has rejected the U.S. Justice Department’s allegations that it colluded with publishers over electronic book pricing, calling the charges “simply not true”, the Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n

“The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s<\/a> monopolistic grip on the publishing industry,” Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told the Journal.<\/p>\n

The U.S. government had sued Apple and five publishers, saying they conspired to fix the prices of electronic books, and reached a settlement with three of the publishers that could lead to cheaper e-books for consumers.<\/p>\n

Kerris defended the current pricing structure as parallel to Apple’s mobile software store.<\/p>\n

“Just as we have allowed developers to set prices on the App Store, publishers set prices on the iBookstore,” she told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Apple could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

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