EBook tragedy caused by: Apple-Apple was 840 million dollars claim eBook-IT Info EBook tragedy caused by Apple was $ 840 million claim

According to tech blog TheVerge reported, according to Apple, received on January 31, according to a latest claim from the Court, in the e-book price fixing to manipulate Apple could face damages of more than $ 840 million.

The summer of 2013, the plaintiffs United States Attorney convinced the Tribunal of the Ministry of Justice, together with 33 States, accusing Apple and 5 publishers "collaboration", manipulate the eBook market. Plaintiffs ' attorney Steve Berman (Steve Berman) suggested that Apple should United States eBook customers pay as low as $ 231 million in compensation. It now appears that this claim amount to much more than this and grew by more than three times.

As early as 4 years ago, Apple eBook pricing agreements with publishers. As part of the agreement, publishers give Apple "most favored nation" charging 30% Commission on books sold by Apple, sales revenue rose along with 14.9%, but led to higher Amazon e-book prices from $ 9.99 to $ 12.99, higher in part by consumers ' bills. Based on this, the Tribunal estimates for Apple's compensation was about $ 231 million.

Attorney Berman's latest testimony pointed out that, according to Stanford University economist estimated that Apple's e-book sales grew to 18.1%, this means that total sales revenue reached US $ 280 million. Berman said the judge should compel Apple to pay three times times the $ 280 million in damages, or $ 840 million. For most of us, $ 840 million will likely be astronomical, but has a large amount of cash Apple, only accounts for cash of $ 840 million.

Apple has yet to comment on the report.

电子书引发的惨案：苹果遭8.4亿美元索赔 - 苹果,电子书 - IT资讯
电子书引发的惨案：苹果遭8.4亿美元索赔

据科技博客TheVerge报道，据苹果在1月31日收到来自法院的一份最新索赔请求显示，在电子书价格垄断操纵案中，苹果公司可能面临超过8.4亿美元的损害赔偿。

2013年夏天，原告美国司法部连同33个州的总检察长说服法庭，指控苹果和5家出版商相互“勾结”，操纵电子书市场价格。当时的原告代理律师史蒂夫·伯曼（Steve Berman）提出，苹果应该向美国电子书客户支付最低2.31亿美元的赔偿。现在看来，这一索赔数额远不止这些，增长幅度超过了三倍。

早在4年前，苹果与出版商达成了电子书市场定价协议。作为协议的一部分，出版商给予苹果“最惠国待遇”，苹果对所售书籍收取30%的佣金，销售收入随之上涨14.9%，但导致亚马逊上电子书价格由原来的9.99美元上涨至12.99美元，高出的部分由消费者埋单。此前基于此，法庭估算苹果的赔偿金额约为2.31亿美元。

但代理律师伯曼的最新证词指出，据斯坦福大学经济学家估计，苹果的电子书销售增长为18.1%，这意味着总销售收入达到2.8亿美元。伯曼因此表示，法官应该迫使苹果支付三倍于2.8亿美元的赔偿金额，即8.4亿美元。对于大多数人来说，8.4亿美元可能是个天文数字，但对于拥有巨额现金的苹果公司来说，8.4亿美元仅占其现金的0.5%。

苹果尚未对该报道置评。