• @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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    -44 months ago

    Technically they have a monopoly on all their intellectual property (characters, star wars, marvel, pixar etc.)

    • @Red_October
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      44 months ago

      But every company has a “monopoly on their intellectual property.” That’s just how that works and has nothing to do with being a monopoly.

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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        -14 months ago

        As I said, technically a monopoly.

        Fox + ABC is pretty big, but I don’t see Disney being the same as a Google or Microsoft monopoly.

        • @[email protected]
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          44 months ago

          Please. You are correct but you need to be informed and eloquent about it. Google “enjoys an 89.2% share of the market for general search services, which increases to 94.9% on mobile devices,” according to the most recent judge to rule against them (it was a 270 page ruling so I can’t blame you for not reading it).

          Intellectual property rights do not a monopoly make. Unfair practices (like requiring webpages to conform to a new standard like google amp or not get boosted in search) make the monopoly.

          • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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            -14 months ago

            Intellectual property rights are a government sanctioned monopoly over certain ideas.

            But I totally agree that IP is not something that the monopolies and mergers commission will investigate.