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Being a monopoly in music distribution What definition of monopoly leads you to that conclusion?

• CoryMathews 17y ago
  If you are large enough to determine the entire music industry you are a monopoly. Microsoft gets all sorts of crap for windows being a monopoly yet there is still mac and linux that anyone can change to. Yet they are still considered a monopoly. By that definition apple is a monopoly.
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  • tvon 17y ago
    Microsoft hasn't been a monopoly for, what, a decade?
• DenisM 17y ago
  In 2006 Apple controlled 88% of online music distribution, so they are clearly a monopoly in online music distribution. In 2008 Apple became overall #1 in music distribution, beating Wal-Mart, so they have a chance at monopolizing the retail music distribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store#Market_share http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store#Market_share Sherman's act declares a felony any credible attempt at monopolization, other than by merit ("superior skill" defense).
  • GHFigs 17y ago
    2006 was before Amazon's download store even launched.
    • spicyj 17y ago
      The iTunes Music Store launched on April 28, 2003.