The US Justice Department is suing technology company Apple and five book publishers for price fixing. <br /><br />The Department apparently has evidence of meetings between book publishing CEOs involved in negotiating prices amongst themselves, and of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs laying out a blatant price fixing plan.<br /><br />The publishers are accused of significantly raising e-book prices above those of their competitors, with Apple scooping up a hefty share of the profits.<br /><br />Rob Reynolds reports from the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.
