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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Nice try, but no. We will have to agree to disagree. I basically said what you said (I highlighted it in bold). It was in response to "they were in their right to want agency pricing" - and no they weren't since they colluded about it to raise prices. If they colluded and enforced lower prices on the consumer, the DoJ would not have given 2 hoots about it.
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I'm afraid you'll have to agree to disagree with reality in this case.
Duckie, by your reasoning, it's illegal for BPH's to use email because they used it to collude.
Several normal business activities are now being monitored because of the verdict. That does not mean that those activities are illegal, or not within their rights to do, or to be avoided because of unwanted attention. Only that they must be careful to use those normal activities for legal purposes, just like everyone else.
I do disagree with you about the lower prices collusion. I can't really see how it could happen, or how it could be in the conspirators best interests, but if there ever was a case of colluding to fix lower prices IN A WAY THAT WAS HARMFUL TO COMPETITION, which is what these laws are concerned with, IIUC, I believe it would be as likely to be prosecuted as any other case.