It's not rocket science
From now on we’ll just leave it at “Death Watch”, hmmkay?
First up: The Wall Street Journal – which generally knows a thing or two about business & legal matters – weighs in on the DOJ suit against Apple and the “Agency 5” (which is not, by the way, the name of an opening act for The Osmonds’ 1973 tour). Continue reading “Publishing Death Watch, Pt. Whatever”
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department has followed the EU’s lead and let the other shoe drop in the Apple / Big Publishing “agency pricing” scheme. There had been talk that some of them were trying to settle before things went this far, but it looks like DOJ is in the mood to set some examples.
Even if they win, ask Microsoft how fighting Capitol Hill worked out for them back in the 90’s. Forbes has a bit of a different take on this, but in my opinion they’re blinded by anti-administration bias. Understandable, since if the Big Six were selling semi-automatic weapons to Mexican drug cartels or organizing vigilante posses in Florida, this DOJ would probably give them a pass.
But I digress…
The Chiles Files 