31.   Different technology providers will attempt to encourage different recording companies to make their content available by offering different kinds of secure systems that are incompatible.

32.   Earlier this month, major recording companies said that the FTC had started a preliminary inquiry into their marketing practices.

33.   Earlier this month, major recording companies said the FTC had started a preliminary inquiry into their marketing practices.

34.   Even good acts take longer to develop, as recording companies and retailers balk at paying for costly promotion, such as music videos, analysts said.

35.   Expect recording companies to push their music even harder for soundtracks, commercials and other uses that will generate licensing fees upfront.

36.   Executives from the major classical-music recording companies often speak about their work with a sense of mission.

37.   For many recording companies, the boom times are over.

38.   For recording companies, the embrace of MPS is happening too fast and too soon.

39.   Five major recording companies sued Napster for helping to distribute music that was rightfully theirs to sell.

40.   Generally, recording companies are given warrants they can convert later into equity in these start-ups in exchange for the licensing agreement and they are also paid royalty fees.