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Originally Posted by Adder
The odd thing is that this concern is really about the author's copyright, and the class action system, rather than anything Google did.
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Well, what Google did is use the copyright system and the class action system to create a possibly monopoly over certain works. The fact that google accomplished its monopolization through government processes is hardly a new concept. But we don't have a Queen to make appointments for production of goods.
Not to mention being a single price negotiator for the package of works.
That said, a lot of this is sour grapes from other companies (hi, Microsoft!) who didn't spend the money to scan the books.
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
As an utter ignoramus about antitrust, it seems to me the courts' complicity in allowing a market to be defined in this way is the real problem. "Your Honor, your analysis should focus solely on whether Google has a controlling share of the market for . . . written works for which the acquisition cost approaches zero."
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Markets in anything copyright are difficult because having a monopoly over U2's albums does little with respect to the person who wants Lady Gaga. They aren't good substitutes so having lots of books doesn't necessarily mean there's meaningful market power.
