On: Audiblegate

[parkingrift]

> As AB producers, we're supposed to get 40% if we host our AB exclusively in Audible, or 25% if we go 'wide' and use other retailers.

This should be absolutely illegal.

[ohyoutravel → parkingrift]

People should be able to contract for whatever they want, provided it isn’t illegal. This doesn’t seem usurious or anything like that, what’s your particular objection?

[parkingrift → ohyoutravel]

Audible is abusing their dominant position to destroy competing audio book publishers. It’s not the agreement itself, but that it’s an agreement by the dominant player in the market.