Giving XM and Sirius a Monopoly on Data
Harvard University Law School, March 25, 2008
By Philip Greenspun
The Justice Department has approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio. That leaves the Federal Communications Commission as the last line of defense for consumers. The main argument that the Justice Department used to grant these folks a monopoly on satellite radio is that it isn’t a monopoly on music.
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