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by DenisM 5433 days ago
Which is precisely why MPAA, RIAA, BSA, and other industry associations simply do not exist, right? :)
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Congress has actually enacted specific legislation to exempt the MPAA and RIAA from some aspects of antitrust law. I don't know about the BSA.

To be more specific, though, there are some ways that companies can legally cooperate under current antitrust law — for example, standardizing screw threads and grades of steel. But boycotting the "products" of certain "vendors" is probably not among them.