Pedestrians walk by an Apple Store on July 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California. A federal judge ruled today that Apple Inc. conspired with five major book publishers to increase the retail prices of e-books in an effort to undercut Amazon.com Inc's stronghold of online e-book sales. - AFP
NEW YORK: A U.S. judge said on Friday she is considering imposing tough restrictions on Apple Inc for illegally conspiring with publishers to raise e-books prices.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said she was weighing whether to restrict Apple for five years from entering deals with publishers that would prevent Apple from discounting e-book prices. Apple, the maker of the iPad and the iPhone, had as part of the alleged conspiracy given publishers control of pricing.
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