creation of a vertically integrated system of content distribution, with an oligopoly and/or cartel controlling all levels, so as to bind you into their system and fees, similar in manner to how msft bound the business world into their software via the .doc version incompatibility upgrade cycle.

It'll all be about wooing the content providers (read Artists) into using one or another of these systems. Some people (read Madonna) will get huge payoffs; others will be cut out entirely.

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