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It's worth remembering that Page & Brin could probably buy the major labels outright, and personally dismiss any lawsuits against Google.
by alexqgb 15y ago
It's worth remembering that Page & Brin could probably buy the major labels outright, and personally dismiss any lawsuits against Google.
- slackerIII 15y agoAntitrust laws might slow that plan down.
- jsz0 15y agoAt minimum it would kill Google's ability to compete. Every tiny move they made would be under a microscope.
- andrewstuart 15y agoAt some stage isn't that likely to happen? All the tech companies will start eyeing the music and movies studios, wondering what it would mean if Apple owned them all, and they'll start snapping them up.
- aasarava 15y agoI suspect that won't happen -- with music labels, at least -- for the same reason Netflix didn't look at Blockbuster and think, "We should buy them up!" The whole music distribution model has been based on top-down control and seems very inefficient in light of modern technologies. All signs so far indicate that Apple and Google know that and believe there's a lot more money to be made in coming up with the next distribution model (such as iTunes.)
- Elepsis 15y agoSony is perhaps the front runner in this, given its large movie studio and music label, but it's not clear that owning these businesses has been a great boon for Sony's electronics or software. One can also look at the not-that-long-ago "merger" of AOL with Time Warner as another example of a media/tech marriage where the supposed synergy was vastly exaggerated. I'm not sure I see any reason for another major tech company to leap in to buying huge legacy businesses given the lessons learned by their competitors.
- Steko 15y agoBy the same logic Apple should buy Google.
- bigiain 15y agoFrom a few days ago: "Russian tycoon buys Warner Music for $3.3bn" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2521442 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2521442