Comments on: The Big 4 Organized Music cartel http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:02:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: your wiki guide http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863/comment-page-1#comment-149394 your wiki guide Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:16:41 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863#comment-149394 as they say. everything comes down into one. well.. that's the reality of it. Though this small companies operates as an independent label, they still belong to one of these giant labels. as they say. everything comes down into one. well.. that’s the reality of it. Though this small companies operates as an independent label, they still belong to one of these giant labels.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863/comment-page-1#comment-147356 Reader's Write Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:44:07 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863#comment-147356 One could argue that if you want all these sub company's to act completely independent. Then the same should apply to all industries but if for example Sony/panasonic did not make special deals with or look after the interests of the smaller sub company's then most if not electronics they sell would be much more expensive as each set of management would be after maximizing there profits driving the cost of assembling a TV etc. up. the real issue you should be raising is whether by the big 4 working together sharing resources etc. they gain more than 50% market share which (in the uk) would be against competition laws. but then again you always state that I-tunes is like a drop in the ocean compared to the independent market so a 50% share is unlikely. One could argue that if you want all these sub company’s to act completely independent. Then the same should apply to all industries but if for example Sony/panasonic did not make special deals with or look after the interests of the smaller sub company’s then most if not electronics they sell would be much more expensive as each set of management would be after maximizing there profits driving the cost of assembling a TV etc. up.

the real issue you should be raising is whether by the big 4 working together sharing resources etc. they gain more than 50% market share which (in the uk) would be against competition laws. but then again you always state that I-tunes is like a drop in the ocean compared to the independent market so a 50% share is unlikely.

]]> By: Pete http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863/comment-page-1#comment-147322 Pete Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12863#comment-147322 And your point is??? And your point is???

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