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I think Apple has banned the selling of Sony e-reader apps in an effort to force any application developer to pay royalty fees for using their store to sell their porducts. Apples official statement was that all Apps sold on the store must go through Apple first.

Apples rejection came baffling to Sony since they already allow Kindle apps to be sold through their store. Appls's actions shouldnt come too much of a surprise though.

Unlike kindle, Sony is a large global company and is a direct competitor for Apple. Apple wants any transactions hapenign outside of the Store to pass by them first. One has to question then the motives behind such a decision. It is clear that apple wants part of the revenue made through thes out of store purchases. But could other reasons be involved? If each transaction were to go through Apple it means that Apple would gain inside information on single and individual transactions. This can be advantageous to Apple because it can gain knowledge and information on their competitor's sales and otherwise private information.