Apple Inc. broke antitrust laws and conspired with publishers to raise
electronic book prices significantly in spring 2010, a federal judge ruled
Wednesday, citing “compelling evidence” from the words of the late Steve Jobs.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said Apple knew that no publisher could risk
acting alone to try to eliminate Amazon.com’s $9.99 price for the most popular
e-books so it “created a mechanism and environment that enabled them to act
together in a matter of weeks to eliminate all retail price competition for their
e-books.”
