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Antitrust Chronicle® – Free Isn’t Free?

Fall 2021, Volume 1, Number 2

Dear Readers, What is a “free” service? Intuitively, and historically, a “free” service would be defined, simply, as one that merely does not require payment at the point of sale. Yet, new business models, facilitated by the Internet, have upended the notion of “free.” In particular, with regard to user-facing…

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