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<title>DOJ will not subpoena notes, testimony from Jobs biographer</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/03/06/government.still.pursuing.apple.over.alleged.fixing.of.e.book.prices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355415525_ibooks3-ipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As part of &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280414==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/11/doj.starts.lawsuit.to.force.fair.e.book.prices/" rel='nofollow'&gt;its case against Apple&lt;/a&gt; for allegedly conspiring to "falsely inflate" e-book prices, the US Department of Justice has opted not to pursue its &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/280415==...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin plans new e-book lending distribution deals</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/11/19/new.agreements.come.nine.months.after.leaving.overdrive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/penguin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/273339==http://www.penguin.co.uk/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Penguin books&lt;/a&gt; is to start lending e-books again in the near future, if reports are to be confirmed. Working with distributor Baker and Taylor, the digital books will be available to borrow from Los Angeles and Cleveland-based libraries, though rule changes surrounding the new le...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple turns tables on Amazon, starts discounting e-books</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/12/new.deal.with.harpercollins.may.signal.new.tactics/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-iBooks-lawsuit-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple, still facing scrutiny from the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/267605==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/fights.to.save.settlement.with.three.publishers/" rel='nofollow'&gt;US Department of Justice&lt;/a&gt; and having recently moved to settle with the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/267606==http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/31/allows.amazon....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Judge approves publisher settlements with DOJ over e-books</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/06/ruling.could.be.disastrous.for.bookstores.competition/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-DOJ-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Judge Denise Cote, who is already on the record as believing that publishers &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/267119==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/11/doj.starts.lawsuit.to.force.fair.e.book.prices/" rel='nofollow'&gt;conspired to fix e-book prices&lt;/a&gt;, has &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/267120==http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple, publishers reach deal to avoid EU e-book charges</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/31/allows.amazon.to.discount.e.books.for.two.years/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-iBooks-lawsuit-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple and four of the five major publishing companies have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon to discount e-books for up to two years, &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/266573==http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/31/net-us-apple-ebooks-eu-idUSBRE87U0FV20120831" rel='nofollow'&gt;part of a deal&lt;/a&gt; that could end an EU antitrust investigation that mirrors the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authors group, licensing expert slam DOJ's e-book settlement</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/29/parties.cite.amazon.investigation.bad.doj.market.analysis/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/judgecote-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[US District Court Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, presiding over the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/266364==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/11/doj.starts.lawsuit.to.force.fair.e.book.prices/" rel='nofollow'&gt;Apple e-books pricing settlement case&lt;/a&gt;, has granted &lt;em&gt;amici curiae...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ accuses Apple, e-book publishers of 'unmistakable' harm</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/23/fights.to.save.settlement.with.three.publishers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-DOJ-iBooks-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/265795==http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/23/doj-compares-apple-and-publishers-to-big-oil-in-ebooks-case/" rel='nofollow'&gt;filed its response&lt;/a&gt; to Apple's call for the settlement with three of the major publishers &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/265796==http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court filings show Google's motivations behind book scanning</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/06/documents.from.2004.show.primary.goal.of.making.money/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344039800_googlescan-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a court filing by writer's advocate group &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/264266==http://www.theauthorsguild/" rel='nofollow'&gt;The Authors Guild&lt;/a&gt;, the motivation for Google's nearly decade-long scanning of books and documents was revealed to be contrary to its stated purpose. Rather than creating a massive "card catalog" of out-of-print books, the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Isaacson rebuffs lawyers' attempt to obtain notes on Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/07/31/attorney.for.author.says.plaintiffs.on.a.fishing.expedition/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/DOJ-Apple-ebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson will not have to turn over notes as possible evidence in the case of a &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/263639==http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/16/class.action.civil.suit.fires.back.at.overpriced.e.books/" rel='nofollow'&gt;class-action lawsuit&lt;/a&gt; filed by lawyers allegedly representing unnamed "consumers" said to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguin, Macmillan deny e-book price-fixing conspiracy</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/31/publishers.call.federal.complaint.full.of.innuendo/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/DOJ-Apple-ebook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Book publishers Penguin and Macmillan are denying accusations of a conspiracy with Apple to fix the price of e-books, saying the claims are based on ėlittle circumstantial evidence.î According to the &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;, the two companies &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/media/penguin-and-macmillan-deny-e-book-price-fixing.ht...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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