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Apple's Mobile Rules To Get FTC Scrutiny (wsj.com)
12 points by 16g on June 13, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



"However, some antitrust enforcers say that if they wait until a tech company has cornered a market it may be too late"

Sounds like the plot for a boring sequel to Minority Report. Makes me wonder how much money/influence is being moved behind the scenes here. Good to have friends in high places?


Abusive Monopoly is not necessarily Anti-Competitive Practice

You don't need to be a full blown monopoly for the FTC to take action, it's just the easier thing to prosecute. Price dumping, collusion, cartels, etc are all easy examples of where the FTC would step in where a monopoly is not involved.




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