51.   Movie companies must often wait years before they see revenue from a film, while music companies start reaping rewards within months and many albums sell strongly for years.

52.   MTV agreed last year to a comparable arrangement with Sony Music, and other agreements with music companies appear to be in the works.

53.   Music companies have joined industries as diverse as clothing designers and publishers in lobbying against the lack of copyright protection in markets including China, Korea and Italy.

54.   Napster was giving away music without compensating the music companies or the artists in question.

55.   Napster is facing lawsuits from major music companies charging that the online company is infringing their copyrights.

56.   Music companies and film studios have expressed resentment over the way MTV exercises its power to reach young consumers.

57.   Music companies are eyeing the M-bone as a way to distribute new recordings, including music videos.

58.   Music companies have joined industries as diverse as clothes designers and publishers in lobbying against lack of copyright protection in markets such as China, Korea and Italy.

59.   Music companies typically hold the copyrights to recordings.

60.   Nevertheless, for music companies, gangsta rap remains an alluring genre.