Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine
by WalterBright on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:31PM
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So if you do have a monopoly, what is the legal price to charge?
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Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine
by dhimes on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:36PM
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The monopoly is what is illegal, not the price you charge.
Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine
by robotresearcher on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:52PM
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It's not illegal to have a monopoly. It's illegal to exploit it in certain ways.
Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine
by dhimes on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:16PM
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This is mostly a distinction without a difference in practice. Exploit it in certain ways and your monopoly gets broken apart- thus illegal. See ATT/ Ma Bell
Re:Apple gets smacked by $450M e-book price-fixing fine
by robotresearcher on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @07:41PM
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It's a very practical distinction since you can avoid exploiting it in certain ways and thus not get into any trouble at all. Violator monopolies do not exert predatory pricing, etc, by accident.