Posted by Eric P. on 02/24/07 17:25

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:38:02 -0800, G.T. hath written thusly
(in article <12tn8jrptsju567@corp.supernews.com>):

>
> "David C." <shamino@techie.com> wrote in message
> news:m2tzxgqwi4.fsf@qqqq.invalid...
>> "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner. They account for about 70% of
>>> the music sold around the world and about 85% of the music sold in the
>>> USA. No wonder so much crappy music is played on commercial radio in
>>> the USA.
>>
>> Used to be "big 5" before Sony/Columbia merged with BMG ...
>>
>
> Yep. I think, at least here in the states, that we're eventually going to
> end up with one phone company, one bank, one insurance company, one real
> estate company, one media company, one ticket company (oh, that's right, we
> already have just one ticket compay), etc. Hell, the way it's going I'll
> bet we eventually end up with one company, period, running this country.
>
> Greg
>

That is called monopoly, and it's prevented by the Constitution. At
least for now...

- E


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