Apple Bashes Amazon And Proposed Ebook Settlement

[The DoJ case takes on the air of a mystery thriller. Here questions of 
Amazon's role in the case look serious and suggest distortion of 
justice, and the criticisms of  the proposed settlement grow.]

Apple Bashes Amazon And Proposed Ebook Settlement
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A trial is needed, Apple says, as well as more scrutiny of Amazon's role in the lawsuit
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-42460

http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/15/apple-bashes-amazon-and-proposed-ebook-settlement/
'...In a footnote, Apple says that many of the public comments on the 
proposed settlement

    expressed concerns about the possibility that the Government has
    unwittingly placed a thumb on the scales in favor of Amazon, the
    industry monopolist. Amazon was the driving force behind the
    Government's investigation, and it told a story to the Government
    that has yet to be scrutinized. Amazon talked with the Government
    repeatedly throughout the investigation, even hosting a two-day
    meeting at its Seattle headquarters. In all, the Government met with
    at least fourteen Amazon employees---yet not once under oath. The
    Government required that Amazon turn over a mere 4,500 documents, a
    fraction of what was required of others....'


As Time Ticks Down, Publishers And Authors Guild Slam Ebook Settlement
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Settlement goes too far
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-42488







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