<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/thomas-edisons-plot-to-hijack-the-movie-industry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0yrOxS3hw">Back in 1908, Thomas Edison tried to monopolize the movie industry</A>. His methods have recently been copied by several others - Oracle and Paul Allen among them - the outcome may also be similar.