U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said that she will limit the focus of her ruling to e-books, allowing Apple “to have the flexibility to innovate.”
This past June, Apple and five book publishers were found guilty of conspiring to limit competition and raising e-book prices. The government then wanted the ruling to impact Apple to include not just e-books but music, movies, and other digital content.
But despite a broader, proposed remedy that Apple be “prohibited from entering into agreements with suppliers of e-books, music, movies, televisions shows… that are likely to increase the prices at which Apple’s competitor retailers may sell that content,” Apple’s business practices will mostly resume as usual.
So this judge is now rich, I can assume. What a joke.
Good to see that Apple is not being denied its right to innovate.
Competition is what keeps innovation alive!