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Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by tzs on Thursday April 08, 2010 @05:06PM (#1250949)
"Nope. Apple doesn't have a monopoly in the phone market"

It's a common misconception that you have to have a monopoly to run afoul of antitrust law. You don't. It also goes the other way--having a monopoly is not necessarily a violation of antitrust.

For instance, mergers have been shot down on antitrust grounds even when the merged companies would have had under 50% of the market.

Antitrust is more about the effects of actions on competition, rather than market share, although there tends to be a correlation between the two.

Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by MutantSushi on Thursday April 08, 2010 @07:10PM (#1251352)
Yes, but is relevant if they are not judged to have a anti-compoetitive effect on the market as a whole. Clearly a company does not have to be a 100% monopoly in the literal sense to run afoul of anti-monopoly laws, but these sanctions are not applied to EVERY company. In Europe, it is not even a matter of behavior illegal for 'monopolies' to engage in, if they are a 'monopoly' there can be sanctions.
Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by jasonlotito on Thursday April 08, 2010 @05:21PM (#1251011)
Thank you, good sir, for posting this reasoned, thoughtful, and accurate post.
Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by jasonlotito on Thursday April 08, 2010 @10:12PM (#1251650)
People disagree?