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Amazon's e-book business under probe in Europe

Legality of clauses it used with European publishers being evaluated

Published Fri, Jun 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM

London

IN the digital world, things change in an instant. One minute, you are the people's champion. In the next, perhaps a villain.

European regulators said on Thursday that they were beginning an antitrust investigation into whether Amazon used its dominant position in the e-books market to favour its own products over rivals.

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