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In international competition law, using your dominant position in market A in order to gain a dominant market position in market B is clearly illegal. Amazon i
by coretx 9y ago
In international competition law, using your dominant position in market A in order to gain a dominant market position in market B is clearly illegal.
Amazon is surely committing anti competetive behaviour, however i'm not certain about them legally speaking having a "dominant market position".
Let's say lawsuits are filed, it will be moot anyhow since this type of litigation requires more time than the actual battle for the market position.
- hedora 9y agoNo reasonable court would conclude Amazon has a dominant position in online retail. /s
- Dylan16807 9y agoLess than half, and if you look at "retail" it's a single digit. Not usually enough to get hit on monopoly measures!
- coretx 9y agoIt's fairly easy to breach ( international ) competition law and suffer the consequences without even coming remotely close to monopoly talk.
- Dylan16807 9y agoSure, but you can do that without being dominant at all! When it specifically comes to the issue of dominance, I'm not sure if Amazon is really there.
- coretx 9y agoDominant or not dominant is not the main issue; whether or not Amazon is abusing it's market power is. For a fact we know that force is exerted by Amazon from a different market resulting in a strategical advantage for Amazon and a heap of deadweight loss; something that ought to be illegal in all shapes and forms when created intentionally & mostly is. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss )
- throwawaylalala 9y agoIIRC 40% is enough in most markets to have “monopoly” charges stick. I know, pretty low bar..
- coretx 9y agoDominant in legalize has a slightly different meaning. Especially when often akward or even weird jurisprudence comes into play. You could for example wager that if Amazon's position in market A is strong enough to dictate a dominant position in market B; this would make them a "dominant actor" in market A per definition and intent of the legislators. As such, any court could reasonably conclude that Amazon needs to be sodomized.
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