From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 20:39:39 -0500

And so it begins again:  did Apple violate anti-trust law or not?

The Authors Guild, the nation’s largest and oldest society of
professional writers, discussed the benefits of competitive e-book
pricing in a friend-of-the-court brief filed today with the Supreme
Court of the United States.

The brief, filed jointly by the Authors Guild, Authors United, the
American Booksellers Association, and Barnes & Noble, bolsters ongoing
advocacy efforts by the Authors Guild and Authors United and asks the
Supreme Court to review a decision by the Second Circuit Court of
Appeals in U.S. v. Apple, which found that Apple violated antitrust
law by coordinating with major U.S. book publishers to influence the
price of e-books. In the brief, the author and book industry groups
argued that the government’s focus on Apple’s allegedly
anti-competitive activities was misplaced, because Apple’s conduct, in
fact, enhanced competition by increasing e-book output, the number of
e-book titles, and the number of e-book distributors, which led to
technological improvements in the e-book market and enhanced freedom
of expression and access to e-books.

https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/authors-guild-files-brief-affirming-benefits-of-competitive-e-book-economy/