[colejohnson66]

Capitalism is great, but if it gets out of hand, government intervention is needed. Two good examples are the breakup of Ma Bell and US v. Microsoft (2001). For a present day problem, look no further than ISPs.

[LukeShu]

Ma Bell and ISPs are odd examples, because their monopoly or quasi-monopoly positions are possible because of government involvement.

[sedachv]

> Ma Bell and ISPs are odd examples, because their monopoly or quasi-monopoly positions are possible because of government involvement.

False: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly

[wtetzner]

Doesn't enforcement of copyright fall under government intervention?

[icebraining]

There is regulation. It's called the DMCA and it actually forces Google to take down any video that Samsung claims to be theirs.

[bartl]

And in this case, it's a false claim. Thus: it's an abuse of the DMCA.