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Having a monopoly is not illegal. Abusing that monopoly power to take over other markets is.
by dblohm7 7y ago
Having a monopoly is not illegal. Abusing that monopoly power to take over other markets is.
- wardbradt 7y agoI initially thought you were wrong, but you are not. “Monopolization” [0], which a Wikipedia section on “Sherman Act of 1890” [1] lead me to, is maintaining a monopoly “through conduct deemed unlawfully exclusionary. The mere fact that conduct disadvantages rivals does not... constitute... exclusionary conduct.” I am most surprised that the Sherman Act explicitly targets monopolization, not monopolies. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopolization https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopolization [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law