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Originally Posted by pwalker8
No, from this thread we learn that crony capitalism is whenever someone gets a favor from the government, regardless of how you feel about them personally. Back during the browser wars, I used Netscape over I.E., yet I acknowledge that Netscape got favorable treatment from the US government based on donations and personal contacts. That makes it crony capitalism, regardless of if I think that Netscape was a superior browser.
I point out that Amazon didn't "make a complanant" but rather wrote a white paper which presented a rather novel legal theory that spun the idea on what constituted anti-trust on it's head. The US government then used that white paper as the basis of their complaint against the five publishers and Apple.
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So you really, truly, in your heart of hearts don't believe that there is a problem with competitors meeting at a restaurant and deciding that they are all going to set prices in the same way? You really don't think that's breaking Anti-trust laws???
Shari