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It's still difficult to see what sort of antitrust violation there really is here, Try Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18.
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15 U.S.C. Section 18 "No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no person...
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uh what? Said mentioned section = Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18. = http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sec_15_00000018----000-.html (copy onto one line) All that says is,...
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According to the article, Google has a 71% search market share, while Yahoo has a 18.26% search market share. Do the math. If a merger of those two does not have a substantial potential to "lessen...
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I will also add in a direct reply absolutely nothing is preventing competition. Unlike patented research nothing is stopping anyone from making a new search engine and completely crushing google. Just...
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All that says is, you can't create a monopoly. No, it says that you can't enter into an acquisition of stocks or assets that would "tend to create a monopoly" or "lessen competition." By no means must...
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I will also add in a direct reply absolutely nothing is preventing competition. You don't have to prevent competition in order to run afoul of Section 7. You merely have to lessen it.
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"You don't have to prevent competition in order to run afoul of Section 7. You merely have to lessen it." What a crock, with that definition you could go after just about any business.
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You don't have to prevent competition in order to run afoul of Section 7. You merely have to lessen it. You don't have a serious problem with that definition? How is it a monopoly if competition is...
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You don't have a serious problem with that definition? How is it a monopoly if competition is still there? I am not stating my opinion of the Act. I am merely stating that it is there, and that the...
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"Perhaps you need to brush up on your antitrust law." and with that remark, you are claiming to be an expert in the field ? Your claim is weak, simply because it could be applied across most any...
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and with that remark, you are claiming to be an expert in the field ? No, but I do claim to know a bit in the field, which is apparently more than you. Your claim is weak, simply because it could be...
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So Microsoft was never a monopoly by that measure. Google's 90% would be substantially higher than Microsoft's 80-85%... I never thought so, but I suspect that a number of posters defending Google did.
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When someone stifles competition is different than simply doing better than their competition. Show me something google is doing that is impacting the search engine market negatively and it'd probably...
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"You don't have a serious problem with that definition? How is it a monopoly if competition is still there?" Perhaps you should direct your question to the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of...
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You guys need to understand what you are talking about before you start commenting. Google isn't merging with Yahoo! and this whole thing has nothing to do with search engine market shares. This is...
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It's still difficult to see what sort of antitrust violation there really is here, Try Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18.
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15 U.S.C. Section 18 "No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no person...
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