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by adventured 4782 days ago
1) No, because Amazon does not always pay $13 wholesale, and they do not always sell for $9.99. There has never been a segment wide set figure on either.
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fragsworth 4782 days ago
So was Steve just making shit up? i.e., he won the negotiation because he was so full of shit that they didn't see any way to talk sense into him?
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jonknee 4782 days ago
I guess you're right if by "winning" you mean signing a deal and then having a criminal investigation into his behavior. I'd wager that no one won (customers lost, the publishers didn't make any more money and now Apple is stuck in a legal battle that all the counter parties have paid their way out of).
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declan 4781 days ago
This is incorrect. The DOJ filed a civil lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution, against Apple.

The Feds are unlikely, IMHO, to win the case. Here's something that Greg Sandoval and I wrote at the time the lawsuit was announced, and I think it holds up well today: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57412861-38/

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GalacticDomin8r 4782 days ago
Careful, Jobs-hero worship is still quite high.
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