It seems the RIAA are trying to pretend to the courts that they do not act in concert with the big music conglomerates to fix the global music distribution markets, something they have themselves been forced to admit in previous cases.
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDFfull.asp?filename=arista_limewire_pltffsmemooflawOnly some of these alleged markets are the subject of LW’s antitrust claims
against the record companies.
In Count I, LW alleges that the record companies conspired to
restrain trade in the “markets for the distribution of recorded music and online distribution of
recorded music.” (FAC ¶ 63.)
In Count II, LW alleges that the record companies have acted to
monopolize the “market for the digital distribution within the United States of commercially
valuable copyrighted recorded music over the Internet.” (Id. ¶ 66.)
In Counts III and IV, LW alleges that the record companies have “attempted to monopolize” and have “conspired to
attempt to monopolize and monopolize” the “distribution of commercially valuable recorded
music and the digital distribution of commercially valuable recorded music over the Internet.”
I dont think its going to be too hard to proves much of this as its openly been reported that they pay radio stations to play certain music and fund political campaigns that attack those who oppose their selfish interests in monopolising all media, whether they own any rights to it or not.
