Re: [HoE] Star Wars[OT]

[Michael <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

Wizards of the Coast is a vertical monopoly, not a
horizontal monopoly. Last I checked, vertical
monopolies *are* legal, while horizontal ones aren't.

Here's the difference: in a vertical monopoly, a
company controls one of each step of production:
printing, sale, etc. With a horizontal monopoly, they
control all of one step of production: all printing
methods, for example.

Other companies can still compete with them, and do
their business without having to deal directly with
something WotC owns. 

--- PJB333@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 12/9/1999 9:14:43 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> reinstag@juno.com writes:
> 
> Ah, Washington. Home of monolopies. I know WOTC
> wouldn't technically be a 
> monoploy, prolly, but it could be. Oh leave me
> alone! :whimper:
> 
> Peter Berard
> The Jilly Gringo
> I'm Surreal and I Float!

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