Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies
by tim333 on Sunday April 23, 2017 @09:54PM
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The problem in this particular case seems not to be too much freedom to buy and sell things but overreach by the courts. If some syringe supplier slips stuff into the small print that they will be the only supplier for ever after then the legal system should refuse to enforce that as is probably the case in most places outside the US.
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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies
by BoiledCabbage on Sunday April 23, 2017 @11:00PM
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> the legal system should refuse to enforce that
What you're asking for is the opposite is the opposite of what you're stating the problem is. The courts doing nothing but enforcing contracts is expected.
Asking for the courts to step in to say "while legal this isn't right and won't be enforced" is asking for 'more reach' by the courts.
Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies
by tim333 on Monday April 24, 2017 @01:19AM
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Ok, I didn't put it very well but the solution to the courts protecting the syringe makers monopoly is for the government to change the law to disallow such things. A lot of these kind of things like business process patents seem to start with a court judgement and then need legislation to fix.