Amazon Takes on Disney’s Superheroes in Online Fight
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Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Walt Disney Co. and its superheroes in its quest to gain more control over pricing online.
Amazon blocked pre-orders of Disney’s summer hit movie “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and other titles in disk form, repeating a tactic used in recent disputes with book publisher Hachette and film studio Warner Bros.