Viacom is a media monopoly with various different interests in movie production and distribution, cable networks, satellite network. Some of the pieces of Viacoms monopoly include CBS, MTV Networks, BET, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks movie studios. Viacom has operations throughout the world. Hmm! Is there a way to fight against those who want to own it all? Yes. Go reclaim it! And, yes Viacom is no different than Disney on attemping to abolish Public Domain. But, why we sit back and settle for news that lies to us, and feeding corporate greed machines I will never know. Maybe we are all just to lazy and self absorded to care.

According to Tristan Ahtone, "Once Viacom acquired CBS, it was faced with federal law stating that no corporation can own two national television networks. Since Viacom owned UPN also, it was faced with the tough laws of the FCC. Luckily for Viacom, after a little lobbying the FCC decided to help the media giant out and change federal law. However, the merger didn’t only change the laws, it raised some interesting issues...

Yet viewpoints on why this merger might be bad for the general public seemed to only be voiced on obscure websites. And while this merger was only the first in a series that has occurred, and will most likely continue to occur, Viacom has been nice enough to stick with only one forte: media control."

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