Written By:
Lisa Campbell and Philip Jones
Publication Date:
Wed, 10/07/2013 - 14:16
A federal judge in America has ruled that Apple conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, suggesting that Apple's chief negotiator Eddie Cue was not "credible" as a witness. A further trial for damages will now ensue, though Apple has said it would appeal the decision.
In a three-week trial, the Department of Justice in the US had been seeking to prove that Apple colluded with major publishers HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan to fix the price of e-books, which Apple had denied.
