1.   For years, two giant recording companies have had a stranglehold on the CD Market.

2.   An arbitration panel is to rule this week on the amount that Internet radio stations must pay recording companies for songs played online.

3.   Among the witnesses will be the heads of movie, video games and recording companies.

4.   An effort by five recording companies to start a rival to MTV is being investigated by the Justice Department.

5.   And performers, songwriters, publishers and recording companies receive no income when computer users download those files.

6.   Artists, music publishers, songwriters and the recording companies would each get a cut of the subscription fees.

7.   Artists, too, are rebelling against their recording companies and demanding more artist-friendly contracts.

8.   As a result, he said, the major recording companies have never reached agreement for their works to be produced in China.

9.   At stake is the revenue stream now shared by recording companies, songwriters and publishers and conventional retailers.

10.   At this point, the recording companies and their customers do not need more lawyers.