Editing Monopoly (section)

=== Examples of possible/potential monopolies ===
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* [[Microsoft]] has been the defendant in multiple antitrust suits on strategy ''[[embrace, extend and extinguish]]''. They settled antitrust litigation in the U.S. in 2001. In 2004 Microsoft was fined 493&nbsp;million euros by the [[European Commission]]<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/consumer_en.pdf EU competition policy and the consumer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310195945/http://ec.europa.eu/competition/publications/consumer_en.pdf |date=2009-03-10 }}</ref> which was upheld for the most part by the [[General Court (European Union)|Court of First Instance]] of the [[European Communities]] in 2007. The fine was US$1.35&nbsp;billion in 2008 for noncompliance with the 2004 rule.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/home/markets/2008/02/27/microsoft-eu-fines-markets-equity-cx_po_0227markets08.html |title=Microsoft Gets Mother Of All EU Fines |last=Cendrowicz |first=Leo |date=2008-02-27 |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=2008-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302140118/http://www.forbes.com/home/markets/2008/02/27/microsoft-eu-fines-markets-equity-cx_po_0227markets08.html |archive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2008/02/27/technology/eu_microsoft.ap/ |title=EU fines Microsoft record $1.3 billion |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |date=2008-02-27 |access-date=2008-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303135125/http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/27/technology/eu_microsoft.ap/ |archive-date=2008-03-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Monsanto]] has been sued by competitors for antitrust and monopolistic practices. They have between 70% and 100% of the commercial GMO seed market in a small number of crops.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* [[AAFES]] has a monopoly on retail sales at overseas U.S. military installations.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* The [[alcohol monopoly|State retail alcohol monopolies]] of Norway ([[Vinmonopolet]]), Sweden ([[Systembolaget]]), Finland ([[Alko]]), Iceland ([[Vínbúð]]), Ontario ([[LCBO]]), Quebec ([[Société des alcools du Québec|SAQ]]), British Columbia ([[Liquor Distribution Branch]]), among others.
* [[The Walt Disney Company]] is one of the largest mass media and entertainment conglomerates in the world, and has acquired [[List of assets owned by The Walt Disney Company|huge amounts of assets, companies and corporations]] – both national and international. The 2019 [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|purchase]] of the majority of [[20th Century Fox]]'s assets sparked controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prospect.org/power/time-to-break-up-disney-monopoly/|title=It's Time to Break up Disney|date=October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntdaily.com/disneys-massive-monopoly-is-troubling-for-the-entertainment-industry/|title=Disney's massive monopoly is troubling for the entertainment industry|work=North Texas Daily |date=24 October 2019 |last1=Moreno |first1=Matthew }}</ref>