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A federal judge has ruled that Amazon must face a proposed class action lawsuit brought by independent authors who accuse the company of monopolizing the retail audiobook market. The plaintiffs allege that Amazon, through its Audible platform, enforces unlawful exclusivity agreements that prevent authors' audiobooks from appearing on competing platforms. Additionally, the authors claim that Amazon charges supracompetitive distribution fees, resulting in them overpaying for the distribution of their works. The lawsuit challenges Amazon's dominance in the audiobook sector and its impact on authors' earnings and market competition.
Audible must face a novelist's suit alleging it monopolizes the audiobook market by trapping authors in unlawful exclusivity agreements to prevent their books from appearing on rival platforms while charging supracompetitive distribution fees. https://t.co/7FXG7j61G2
A US judge rules that Amazon must face a proposed class action lawsuit by independent authors accusing it of monopolizing the audiobook retail market (@mikescarcella / Reuters) https://t.co/kSFPaggAgd https://t.co/yyV0uRmdsu
https://t.co/uKUbsy3fUN must face a lawsuit by independent authors accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolising the retail market for audiobooks and causing them to overpay for the distribution of their works, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. https://t.co/yvdD9Y0tkJ
