ICLE Amicus Brief Cited in AppleInsider on Apple v. Epic Contempt Ruling
AppleInsider cited ICLE’s amicus brief in an article on the Supreme Court’s review of the Apple v. Epic contempt ruling. The piece examines whether Apple’s 27% commission on purchases through external links violated the injunction. ICLE’s brief explains that the commission did not prevent consumers from learning about external purchasing options and that the injunction left Apple discretion over compensation. Read the full piece here.
The International Center for Law and Economics argues that Apple charging a commission for linked out purchases didn’t affect whether or not consumers knew about the option of external purchase options. It argued that the injunction left Apple discretion to determine compensation, and didn’t acknowledge whether or not a commission was preferable to developers.