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To: iggyl who wrote (130713)4/11/2012 4:21:13 PM
From: Cogito   of 213173
 
>>I didn't know that the agency model was illegal.<<

Right. It's not the agency model itself that the DOJ is concerned with. And by the way, this is a civil suit, and not a criminal action.

The problem DOJ has is with the alleged collusion between the publishers (and possibly Apple) to fix prices, which is not legal.
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