Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about...
by jjcon on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:48AM
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Less competitive marketplaces harm consumers. Consolidation means less competition. Amazon is already under antitrust charges and investigations in the EU and US for these types of misdeeds.
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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about...
by Spivak on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:06PM
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There is no marketplace for copyrighted content and there can't really ever be one unless you mandate compulsory licensing. If you want to watch Frozen then you have to buy from Disney or one of their approved vendors. You can't take your business elsewhere and so from a monopoly standpoint it doesn't matter who actually owns it. You might not like that Amazon in particular owns MGM because because it means that their content will likely only be available on Prime but nothing was stopping them from making an exclusive deal prior to the merger.
Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about...
by ameister14 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:49PM
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>Less competitive marketplaces harm consumers.
That's not a law.
There are a lot of examples of more competitive markets harming consumers - the trick is regulating the products and the relationship between producer and consumer.
Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about...
by NikolaeVarius on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:02PM
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So literally any acquisition is bad?