Anne asked: > I wonder if there'll ever be anti-trust suits against > the 5 companies that basically control all > entertainment in the U.S....
If you are wondering if the U.S. government could somehow bring action to break up the mega-consolidations that took place throughout the 1990s that would probably be a bit difficult because all such mergers/consolidations were approved by the government to begin with. It would be fundamentally unfair, after giving them approval, to say a few years later - well, we've changed our minds now and you have to break up your companies, divest and reorganize. At this point, the companies would have to be found guilty of egregiously breaking the law in some way to bring on any chance of be ordered to breakup. However, (although you probably don't hear about it in the mainstream media), the FTC constantly, and for years, has had antitrust-related actions going against the major record companies for various alleged anti-competitive activity so the responsible government agency has seemed to be vigilant about keeping an eye on them. You can see a number of such cases by going to the FTC website search engine and typing in the names of any of the record companies. Kakki NP: It's A Beautiful Day - Live at the last week of Fillmore West concerts - White Bird
