> Can you show us one instance where a monopoly did not give us high > prices, low innovation, and few options?
Certainly not the Postal Service. It's not a monopoly. It's one entertainment option among many. Saying that XM/Sirius is a monopoly is akin to arguing that WAMU is a monopoly because it's the only station that can broadcast at 88.5 MHz in the DC area. If you honestly think that XM/Sirius can just jack up their prices and reduce the channel options without their customers leaving in droves, then I've given you way too much credit over the years. > The problem is particularly critical in this area because media > consolidation threatens democracy. Take a lesson from Italy where one > man > gained control of all the networks and used that to elect himself > president. His corrupt government then changed laws so he could not be > prosecuted for the many crimes he committed in the process. Mel Karmazin and Hugh Panero are in charge of what exactly? Other than their respective companies, that is. > I'm sure Jeff would be perfectly happy if the US were run by one big > corporation (probably with Bill Gates at its head). Of course not; that's just silly. I'd want TJ Rodgers to be in charge. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
