EU Throws Record Industry Into Chaos

 More good stuff from LEGAL PRACTITIONER Consilio Magazine,
edited by Norman Baird and Mike Semple Piggot

Intellectual Property
The European Court of First Instance annuls the European
Commission’s approval of the Sony - BMG merger.  Independent Music
Publishers and Labels Association v Commission of the European
Community Case TÅ]464/04  
by Ben Challis  Barrister-at-law, Editor of
http://www.musiclawupdates.com:
http://www.spr-consilio.com/art151.htm
"The European Court of First Instance has annulled the European
Commission’s approval of the 2004 merger between Sony Music and
BMG, which allowed the music industry to shrink from five major
companies to four. The case, brought to court by IMPALA on behalf
of European independent record labels, has been closely watched by
Warner Music and EMI who must now wait and see how Europe's top
antitrust authority will react to the court’s decision."