{{HarperCollins, Simon & Shuster and Penguin are among publishers who have filed a complaint against restrictions imposed on Apple by a US court.}}<\/p>\n
Last month Apple was found guilty of conspiring with publishers to fix the price of e-books bought via iTunes.<\/p>\n
It was ordered to terminate deals with five major companies and allow other e-book retailers to sell to iPad and iPhone users for the next two years.<\/p>\n
The publishers say they are being punished by the restrictions.<\/p>\n
Under agreements put in place between Apple and companies including Hatchett and Macmillan, electronic book price-fixing took place, creating unfair competition for other retailers, the court ruled last month.<\/p>\n
At the time most of the publishers reached separate settlements totalling more than $150m (\u00a396m) but Apple said it would fight the “false allegations”.<\/p>\n
According to the Associated Press news agency, the publishers’ complaint says: “The provisions do not impose any limitation on Apple’s pricing behaviour at all.<\/p>\n
“Rather, under the guise of punishing Apple, they effectively punish [publishers that settled in the case].”<\/p>\n
Garner analyst Van Baker told media that the ruling seemed “heavy-handed”.<\/p>\n
“It is basically putting a stake through a portion of Apple’s business, and I confess to being surprised by that,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It strikes me as a pretty heavy-handed solution to the issue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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