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["John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No substantial response from me, because I remember the earlier exchange,
and Tom, who participated, did not.

"He who forgets the past is condemned to repeat it."

I could do a long discourse on the holding in the case, but like Prince
Philip ordering the death of Princess Diana, it's off-topic here.

John Willkie

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Enviado el: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:59 AM
Para: OpenDTV
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: News: NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>> You were speaking -- although you appear ignorant of it -- of the 1947 LA
>> CIVIL suit over the LA Red car trolley lines.  GM lost: they had to pay
>> $1.
>>
> I was thinking of UNITED STATES V. NATIONAL CITY LINES.  Is that the same
> case?

Yes, same case.  GM, Firestone, Standard Oil, and Phillips Petroleum formed 
National City Lines, a Bus Company, and NCL bought out Streetcar franchises 
nationwide, including the LA Red trolley line.  GM made National City Lines 
buy only GM busses.  (Go figure.)  That was found to be against antitrust 
laws, so GM was fined $5K, and each GM executive was fined a buck apiece.

But the case spawned an industry of folklore of how GM killed off the 
trolley in the US, and if it weren't for nasty evil GM we'd still be able to

ride trolleys today.

There was a fairly long exchange here a few years back on the subject, and I

hope I don't trigger a repeat performance.

John


 
 
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