The European Commission
announced Thursday that it will open an investigation into
online retail giant Amazon's e-book distribution, in light of
contractual clauses that will be examined for possible
anti-trust violations.
The clauses in question require publishers to inform Amazon
about agreements they have that could favor industry
competitors, and to offer Amazon the same conditions.
While not calling into question Amazon's service quality or
success, EC competition policy chief Margrethe Vestager said "It
is my duty to make sure that Amazon's arrangements with
publishers are not harmful to consumers, by preventing other
e-book distributors from innovating and competing effectively
with Amazon".
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