These actions are reflected by the means with which the Big Five record companies
(EMI, Universal, Sony, Time Warner and BMG [Bertelsmann]) have extended their
market dominance to the Internet. The Napster system of peer-to-peer sound file
trading posed a serious challenge to the existing recording industry, but the
decision in A&M Records et al. v. Napster firmly established the
on-line intellectual property rights of entertainment industry conglomerates
and reinforced the Big Five’s existing market oli-go-poly. The defeat of
Napster puts an end to one form of unregulated Internet market exchange. The
question remains what the new platform for music distribution will be, and what
flexibility and sharing of roles between creators, publishers and consumers will
be allowed.
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