Thursday, 11 June 2015

Amazon targeted with European antitrust investigation over ebooks

Post from http://www.danieluk.net

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s ebooks distribution agreements. At the heart of the investigation are clauses included in Amazon’s contacts with publishers, and the European Commission says it’s concerned that publishers are forced to inform Amazon about their agreements with competitors. “The Commission has concerns that such clauses may make it more difficult for other ebook distributors to compete with Amazon by developing new and innovative products and services,” reads a statement from the European Commission.


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