[opendtv] Re: News: NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing

Surely you are kidding. The car companies were used as a classic case of oligopoly back when I took economics in high school. And various GM executives have been indicted and convicted of anti-trust activities. Remember the old "What's good for GM is good for America" quote? 

For instance see:
<http://www.bilderberg.org/socal.htm>
Though the USA car companies now have to compete internationally and have fallen on hard times recently. Many monopolies peak in power after coming to the public eye invokes government involvement.
If the entertainment industry follows the same model they are in serious trouble. 

- Tom

Manfredi, Albert E wrote:

Tom Barry wrote:



The five companies (GE, News Corp, Viacom, Disney, AOL/TW)
control virtually all the channels. The cable companies control
the cable companies.



The way I look at it, using car companies as an example, for many years
in the US there were three or four car companies selling the vast
majority of cars people bought. No one accused them of not competing.

At the same time, people were connected to their local utilities for
power, water and sewage, and maybe gas. Those local utilities were and
are heavily regulated.

I think the entertainment industry follows this same model, more or
less.

Bert
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