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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by geofft on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:11PM (#18558032)
What does "government help" mean? Did the Microsoft monopoly form with the "government help" of enforcing intellectual property rights?
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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by Matticus_Rex on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:21PM (#18558081)
IMO yes -- IP rights are literally government-granted monopolies.
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