HarperCollins settles over Jobs' cartel

Stefan Mileschin · 11th January 2018, 18:32

Canadian deal brings chapter to an end

A rather nasty chapter in Steve Job's biography has finally drawn to a close after publisher HarperCollins has agreed to donate $120,000 in books as part of a settlement with a Canadian law enforcement agency.

For those who came in very late, Apple's messiah Steve Jobs arranged a pricing cartel which jacked up the prices to users in an attempt to damage Amazon. The book publishers generally said it was a fair cop and paid up but Apple denied that its founder and religious leader could do anything so completely and utterly evil and claimed it was perfectly legal. After a long court case, Apple tried to get the Superme Court to clear Job's name only to have its case ignored. Apple had to pay $450 million and we are officialy allowed to call Steve Jobs a convicted monopolist, or a terrible businessman, depending on what day of the week it is.

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11th January 2018, 18:32	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	HarperCollins settles over Jobs' cartel Canadian deal brings chapter to an end A rather nasty chapter in Steve Job's biography has finally drawn to a close after publisher HarperCollins has agreed to donate $120,000 in books as part of a settlement with a Canadian law enforcement agency. For those who came in very late, Apple's messiah Steve Jobs arranged a pricing cartel which jacked up the prices to users in an attempt to damage Amazon. The book publishers generally said it was a fair cop and paid up but Apple denied that its founder and religious leader could do anything so completely and utterly evil and claimed it was perfectly legal. After a long court case, Apple tried to get the Superme Court to clear Job's name only to have its case ignored. Apple had to pay $450 million and we are officialy allowed to call Steve Jobs a convicted monopolist, or a terrible businessman, depending on what day of the week it is. http://fudzilla.com/news/45351-harpe...er-jobs-cartel

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