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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Are you purposely being obtuse? 
Again, my problem isn't with the monopolies, my problem is with the fact that the market is too concentrated around a few large publishers, who can set prices for their entire product line, who can strong-arm authors, etc. And sure, it's strictly speaking legal to do so for them, but the more concentration, the harder it is to avoid, and the easier it is for them to do so without being punished for it because people will move to other publishers. |
No, I'm not being "obtuse" - I'm struggling to understand the point you're making. You said in a previous post that you support free market economics. Those six (or however many it is) publishers have achieved market dominance by the very process of free market economics that you say that you support - by taking over or driving out of business their smaller rivals. So on the one hand you're saying that you're in favour of a free market, but on the other hand you're saying that you don't like the outcome that that free market has created. I'm afraid that sounds like a contradiction to me.