Abstract
In February 1990, the Australian government asked the Prices Surveillance Authority to investigate the recorded music industry. The ensuing outcry from the record industry was a focus for considerable media coverage, as pop stars and record company executives and their spokespeople fought against the inquiry and the PSA's subsequent recommendations, which were published on December 13,1990. The opposition was generated primarily by the major record companies, who had established exclusive rights under the Copyright Act 1968 to import recordings. The inquiry and its recommendations challenged these rights and, in doing so, brought to light the relationship of the local offices of the major record companies and the global corporate networks of which they are a part. These Global Entertainment Corporations value Australia highly in their strategic plans and oppose any hindrance that public policy may generate.
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