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DOJ Drops Online Music Antitrust Investigation

Posted by michael on from the see-no-evil dept.

JOstrow writes "On Tuesday, the Justice Department ended a two year long antitrust investigation into the online ventures of the music industry. The assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, R. Hewitt Pate, was quoted, 'Consumers now have available to them an increasing variety of authorized outlets from which they can purchase digital music and consumers are using those services in growing numbers.' What took off a lot of the heat was pressplay (now Napster!) and MusicNet changing their services to allow songs to be transferred from machine to machine."

4 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. Re:2nd post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you wished to become a failure? (because that sure wasn't 2nd post)

  2. C.L.I.T. WILL PROVE VICTORIOUS!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Respect the Community of Logged-in Trolls...OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111ONE

  3. Re:I like free stuff too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It would be nice if someone cut your throat this Christmas, just to stop you from posting these stupid attempts at satire.

    They're not funny and not clever. In short -- you're a dick.

  4. Good one! by ZxCv · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    no problem. We are in charge.. they can't sue all of us.

    Ha! Good one! We are talking about the same RIAA, right?

    Ask that 12yr old girl or that 78yr old grandma if they think the RIAA can't sue all of us.

    --

    Perl - $Just @when->$you ${thought} s/yn/tax/ &couldn\'t %get $worse;