My March 8th post was about the forthcoming class action by the US Dept. of Justice (DoJ) against Apple and 5 publishers for being anticompetitive. Today at 11:30 the DoJ's lead counsel Steve Berman issued a statement after the lawsuit went public:

"While Attorney General Holder's actions, if successful, will put an end to the anticompetitive actions, our class-action is designed to pry the ill-gotten profits from Apple and the publishers and return them to consumers.”

My favourite part is the “return to consumers” part. It’s my hope that those of us who bought ebooks at the inflated prices will be refunded by Apple and the publishers. Sic ‘em DoJ!!