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IANAL, and I'm genuinely curious -- are these customer non-compete clauses actually illegal? These clauses do seem clearly anti-competitive, but is that enough
by abeppu 3y ago
IANAL, and I'm genuinely curious -- are these customer non-compete clauses actually illegal?
These clauses do seem clearly anti-competitive, but is that enough? Your complaint mentions attempts to "acquire and maintain monopoly power" which seems like a stretch given that no company seems within reach of a "monopoly" ... which is why you're able to rattle off a list of companies in this space.
Like, if they're not actually conspiring, but they're each trying to squash competition, and a likely result is that only a small number of rich organizations have the means (including user data) to continually improve LLMs ... is that competition-blocking a crime?