Brussels, 06/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 6 December, the European Commission announced the opening of formal proceedings for an investigation into Apple and five publishing groups. The latter and the iPad inventor are suspected of having carried out anti-competitive practices affecting the sales of e-books in the European Economic Area (EEA).
In addition to Apple, the investigation concerns Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing, France), Harper Collins (News Corp., USA), Simon &...