DOJ Drops Online Music Antitrust Investigation

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."

Re:Antitrust

[TypoNAM]

Didn't you know? Large businesses run this country.

Use an authorized download service or go to prison

[Anonymous Coward]

When I am President...Dr Howard Dean

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"And besides, RIAA representatives could never be reached for comment. The constant busy ring was like they were downloading on the intraweb 24/7....", said a government spokesperson.

WARNING! TERROR LEVEL: MAUVE!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

If there is one thing this administration doesn't deserve, it's the benefit of any doubt.

I disagree. When they send the lower classes off to die in a war they'd never let their own kids get involved in, they're doing it for your freedom to bitch and complain about the system. Don't be bothered by the fact that they make it impossible for you to change the system. Freedom of speech alone is double-plus good. Big brother loves you.

Re:Incompetent monopolists

[Anonymous Coward]

A buck is far to much for a downloaded song that I can't use who I want.

It's just as well. You need to save up for that grammar and spelling book anyway.