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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
A story I thought would be picked up here, but haven't seen: Amazon has made Disney’s Star Wars and Marvel films Prime exclusives
Depending on how widespread this practice becomes, I think it could get Amazon into some hot water.
Of course, nobody has a right to purchase Star Wars DVDs from Amazon. But the practice of limiting some of the most popular items to Prime members only could serve as ammunition for politicians who for one reason or other want to attack Amazon or Jeff Bezos. |
In the past, Amazon has had political cover when they wanted to play hardball with others. I don't think that political cover is there anymore.
From a legal point of view, companies that hold a so called monopoly position are held to a different standard of what they can and can not do. So, yes, they are potentially playing with fire.
I'm sure that Apple is loving this. First, Amazon is the company that engineered the anti-trust suit against Apple, so I'm sure they would love to see Amazon get some of that back. Second, at least some of those people who can't get these movies from Amazon are going to be buying from iTunes.