Disintermediation

• Real estate

  • 6% commission protection by monopoly
  • NAR fighting for database protection legislation

• Wine merchants

  • States with prohibition era laws are losing in court
  • State taxes and forced wholesaling are vested interests

• Car companies

  • Parts supplier network: Automotive Network Exchange
  • Direct sales to consumers fought against by state dealers

• Music industry

  • Channel control is broken/MP3

• Sony Corp in Japan will sell direct to consumer

• EBay skirts European auction laws

Horse Activity Association tried to get a law prohibiting automobile use in farming…1919

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