i smell communism!!!!!!!, well it's been a while i think ww3 in in order

One standardized market? If done intelligently... GO FOR IT!!!

We in the US are deluded into thinking that competition is a panacea because we focus on market prices and not how pointless competition limits our choices and costs us more.

For instance we have numerous music services that cherry pick the popular tunes but none really is the definitive market for all music. About 50% of what I wanted was never available at iTunes. One other song I found at Real. But now I was trapped in two proprietary DRM schemes. So what it I wanted a song only available on a third or fourth music service? THIS IS INSANITY.

This pointless competition only serves the interests of corporations not consumers. I’d prefer one definitive music service that charges a fair price for non-DRM music than numerous inferior services whose only point is to trap consumers into their proprietary DRM while never offering the best music library. Europe is so far ahead of the US because it hasn’t bought the “free market” kool-aid that too many in the US have.

Wow and your a senior member too! Can't you tell the difference between socialism, and communism? I'm not going to get on you too bad though, since Americans aren't taught the difference between the two. Capitalism isn't much better.

I actually like this and find that if done in the right manner then it will succeed.