-> RJT> Nor are they into some of the predatory business practices
-> RJT> and buying out of competitors and such nonsense as certain
-> RJT> well-known software companies are 

-> Oh no? Hmmm ....

-> http://www.sony.com.vn/tapdoane.htm 

-> 1968 CBS/ Sony records Inc., 50-50 joint venture with CBS Inc.
-> of the U.S , 

-> 1979 Sony Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 50-50 joint
-> venture with The Prudential Insurance Co. of America,
-> established 

-> 1988 CBS Records Inc., the records group of CBS, acquired. It
-> was renamed Sony Music Entertainment Inc. in January 1991 

-> 1989 Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. acquired. It was
-> renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. in August 1991 

-> 1992 Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. established,
-> following acquisition of Japanese film distributor companies
-> managed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. of the U.S 

-> 2003 http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/
-> wire/sns-ap-bertelsmann-sony,0,6561094.story 

-> November 6, 2003, 6:47 PM EST 

-> LOS ANGELES -- Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG said Thursday they
-> planned to merge their music businesses, a deal that would
-> consolidate the embattled recording industry down to four major
-> companies. 

-> The proposed merger would bring together the world's No. 2 and
-> No. 5 music companies at a time when the recording industry is
-> struggling to stem a three-year slide in CD sales and cope with
-> the impact digital technology and the Internet have had on its
-> business model.

-> [...] 

-> Sony BMG would have a combined global market share of 25.2
-> percent, according to the market measurement firm IFPI, just
-> behind the 25.9 percent share held by Universal Music Group,
-> which is part of the French conglomerate Vivendi Universal. 

-> In the U.S. music market, however, the combined company would
-> edge out Universal as the largest, based on the most recent
-> figures available from Nielsen SoundScan. Sony and BMG have a
-> combined 28.3 share of U.S. sales, versus 27.8 percent for
-> Universal, a according to SoundScan. 

 Adn NONE of that was done using Intimidation/Blackmail in the
MicroSlime fashon. And in NONE of that does SONY have anywhere near a
total Lock on the Market. In fact looking at your figures none of those
ventures even com close a 50% penetration.
Absolutly NOTHING I can see is wrong with that.
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