In a message dated 5/31/00 5:56:23 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
randallyoung@earthlink.net writes:
<< The Sherman act does apply in that case, but there was a (relatively)
recent high-court ruling that it only forbids fixing a minimum price.
IOW, it's perfectly OK for a OEM or wholesaler to set and enforce a
maximum price. It caught my eye, because it means that things like a
sale on McDonald's hamburgers no longer have to say "at participating
restaurants". If McD's chooses, they can now tell their retailers to
sell at or below a specified price, without fear of running afoul of the
price fixing laws. >>
Do you happen to know the name of the case. I know the gov't has completely
blurred the lines on what restraint of trade really is, but I really find it
hard to understand how it applies to a retailer. Simple enough if Sony sells
to Target at one price and K-Mart at another, but I don't see how it applies
to the sale to a retail end-user. I'm really not trying to be argumentative
here, I'm just incensed at the intrusion by big brother and don't want to
believe it.
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