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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do bookstores other than Amazon exist? Yes, therefore they are not a monopoly.
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That's not quite how it works Harry, you just have to be "large enough" to be classed as a monopoly for antitrust issues, it normally kicks into play when you are using your size or dominant position in the market to gain an unfair advantage.
I know Wall's Ice Cream had issues with the monopolies commission about 10 years back and they were not even close to being the only ice cream manufacturer, Microsoft's antitrust case is pretty well known, there are many others.
To help the literal minded I believe the monopolies commission was renamed The Competition Commission a number of years back for UK/EU stuff, I assume eshwartz has given pretty much the same info on the US side upthread TL;DR
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