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On the recordJune 20, 2012
My concern is that your argument or justification for the merger seems to depend on asserting that antitrust principles and precedent such as we would apply to almost any other industry simply should not be applied here because it is a unique or quirky industry that is fast-changing and where fans have certain powers, which I think is a heavy lift.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the application of antitrust principles to the music industry merger.

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