Apple wants to go to court in the case of the prices of e-books

Reactions to the lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice against Manzana and five publishers to agree on the price of e-books continue. Thus, a lawyer from Manzana ensures that this is considering going to trial in a case that has been called “inappropriate.”

Moreover, according to Reuters, Daniel Floyd, the lawyer of Manzana, has addressed the United States District Judge Denise Cote, assuring that “our basic point of view is that we would like the case to be resolved on its merits. We believe that this is not an appropriate case against us and we would like to validate this theory. ”

Further, Manzana has responded to the United States Department of Justice, the body that has filed the lawsuit against Manzana and against the five publishers. “The conspiracy charge of the United States Department of Justice against Manzana it’s just not true. ”

Tom Neumayr, spokesperson for Manzana, has come out in defense of the policy of Manzana, stating to AllThingD that “the launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s monopoly position in the publishing industry. Since then, users have obtained more benefits as eBooks are more interactive and attractive. We have also allowed developers to set prices in the App Store and publishers to set prices in the iBookstore ”.

The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple and five publishers (Hachette Book Group, HasperCollins Publishers, McMillan, Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster) for agreeing on the prices of e-books. According to the lawsuit, these six companies would have set the price of e-books in retaliation to the price of most of the electronic books that were offered on Amazon.com ($ 9.99) at the end of 2007.