I find it ironic that the Feds took the record labels to task for this practice a few months ago.
Does the federal government not do the same thing to states when the state refuses to pass some legislation that the federal government deems necessary? I can't think of how many times my state has been threatened with the witholding of federal highway funds if our legilature fails to fall in line with what the feds want?
This seems very similar to what the records labels have been doing to the discount retailers. "Sell it for our price or you don't get our money".
I guess the difference is that "price fixing" is illegal but the feds sticking their nose into a state's business is not.
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I find it ironic that the Feds took the record labels to task for this practice a few months ago. Does the federal government not do the same thing to states when the state refuses to pass some legislation that the federal government deems necessary? I can't think of how many times my state has been threatened with the witholding of federal highway funds if our legilature fails to fall in line with what the feds want? This seems very similar to what the records labels have been doing to the discount retailers. "Sell it for our price or you don't get our money". I guess the difference is that "price fixing" is illegal but the feds sticking their nose into a state's business is not.