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Could you explain why they are cartels? I don't disagree (I say, for the benefit of my comments history); just looking for info.

• luriel 15y ago
  Both are very aggressive towards anyone trying to disrupt their industry (eg., generic drugs or online distributions for example), and both use government power (regulations, patents, DMCA, etc.) to try to preserve their control over their market. How pharma companies (ab)use patents is a great example, they will patent some drug, and then wait until the patent has almost expired, and then make the slightest modification (sometimes in something as basic as packaging for 'slow release' or whatever) and patent the same thing again.