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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Technology Google Q1 report to kick off era under new CEO Best Buy to open more online, mobile stores Special report: China seen having cyberspy edge Apple suppliers begin making white iPhones: sources Video game developers group slams Amazon pricing Amazon, labels to meet for locker talks: sources U.S. shuts down massive cyber theft ring Video: Wall Street reading Google CEO Page Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read UPDATE 1-Geithner says Congress will pass debt limit increase 13 Apr 2011 Senate panel slams Goldman in scathing crisis report 13 Apr 2011 Senate panel slams Goldman in scathing crisis report 9:15am EDT Q+A-Risks at each reactor of Japan's stricken plant 6:48am EDT Air strikes hit Tripoli, TV reports casualties | 11:38am EDT Discussed 161 China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge 141 Reid says Republicans want shutdown to close clinics 117 Obama, Congress struggle to find budget deal Watched South Korean "super gun" packs hi-tech killing power Mon, Feb 14 2011 Chinese porn: coming to you in 3D Wed, Apr 13 2011 X-47B - the future of autonomous aerial warfare Fri, Feb 11 2011 SMALL BUSINESS Do fries go with that app? 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The International Game Developers Association in an e-mail to members on Thursday took issue with Amazon for requiring developers to permanently lower their prices on Amazon if they offer a discount, even temporarily, on another outlet. "Amazon has little incentive not to use a developer's content as a weapon with which to capture marketshare from competing app stores," the IGDA said in its note. The group also said Amazon's steep discounting of games hurts developers by unnecessarily lowering prices on games that are selling well. That echoed book publishers' accusations in 2010 that the low prices Amazon wanted to charge for books on its Kindle e-reader, even for bestsellers, cheapened the value of books. Amazon, which last month launched its "Appstore" with games developed using Google's Android software, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last month, Amazon raised the ire of music labels when it launched a service that lets customers store songs and play them on a variety of phones and computers without warning them first. Amazon executive are meeting with music industry companies on Thursday, sources told Reuters this week. While the IGDA said Amazon has been willing to address its concerns, it said that could change "the minute Amazon's Appstore becomes so big that Android developers have no choice but to distribute their content via the store." But Amazon's market position could prove irresistible. "The Amazon ecosystem is controlled where we don't find too many pirated versions of our games or malware games, so for the consumers, it will be a safer place," Gameloft Chief Executive Michel Guillemot told Reuters in an interview last month in reference to Amazon's store. Amazon shares were down 1.1 percent in morning trading. (Reporting by Phil Wahba and Liana B. 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