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Re: Music Tax Plan Warner's has hired Jim Griffin
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 06:47:45 -0700
________________________________________ From: David P. Reed [dpreed () reed com] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:05 AM To: David Farber Cc: ip Subject: Re: [IP] Music Tax Plan Warner's has hired Jim Griffin Given that Commissioner Martin has pushed hard for unbundling cable channels, I wonder why monopoly franchise holders will be permitted (as a matter of antitrust law) to "bundle" a new fee for services that many users may not want? OK, I forgot. The antitrust laws have been eviscerated. Government is free to hand out monopolies to its best campaign contributors, and faux "competition" will keep it in check. All of us lovers of Warner's packaged product will be thrilled that our neighbors are subsidizing the marketing and distribution to us. David Farber wrote:
________________________________________ From: K.E. [admin () edu-cyberpg com] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:56 PM To: ip () v2 listbox com; David Farber Subject: Music Tax Plan Warner's has hired Jim Griffin Fee For All http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/03/27/Warners-New-Web-Guru Warner's has hired Jim Griffin to spearhead a controversial plan to bundle a monthly fee into consumers' internet-service bills for unlimited access to music. "Bronfman has asked Griffin, formerly Geffen Music's digital chief, to develop a model that would create a pool of money from user fees to be distributed to artists and copyright holders. Warner has given Griffin a three-year contract to form a new organization to spearhead the plan. " Karen Ellis ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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