An oligopoly The media. The music industry. The movie industry. The oil industry. Privately owned infrastructure...
Then there are the conglomerates. The media companies own movie studios, TV networks, news networks, music labels, distribution channels... Disney, Sony, or AOL-Time Warner for example. A movie is made. The soundtrack is produced and distributed through the label, the news has stories about it, the TV stations advertise the heck out of it, manufactured hype is flying around left and right, and to the average person it looks like the work of 15 different companies, when it is really one, more or less. Folks don't understand that much of what we consume is controlled by handfuls of people. -_- On 4/5/2012 1:12 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Not really...you can have several companies in the same business that > through price collusion and other illegal/unethical practices, create what > is essentially a monopoly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349545 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
