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Thomas Edison's Arguments Of Film Industry

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CASELET ON MORAL PROBLEMS IN MICRO ECONOMIC CONTEXTS BY RASHI AGARWAL 14BSP1150 DATE OF SUBMISSION: 20TH JULY 2015 THOMAS EDISON AND RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLISE THE PATENTS OF FILM INDUSTRY BACKGROUND Thomas Alva Edison, was an American inventor and business holding 1,093 US Patents in his name. Some of his devices, which greatly influenced life around the world were the electric light bulb, phonograph and the motion picture camera. In 1892, he had established the General Electric Company by bringing his various business together, and merging with a competitor The Thomas-Houston Company. One of the many projects of the company was the Motion Pictures. His film studio made and distributed close

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