“[...] how about if Google *did* buy the music industry? That would solve its licensing problems at a stroke. Of course, the anti-trust authorities around the world would definitely have something to say about this, so it might be necessary to tweak the idea a little.
How about if a consortium of leading Internet companies – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Baidu, Amazon etc. – jointly bought the entire music industry, and promised to license its content to anyone on a non-discriminatory basis? [...]” http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-google-should-buy-music-industry.html
Cf. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/2118220/Why-Google-Should-Buy-the-Music-Industry
