If manufacturing and distribution are no longer barriers to entry, the scary question for the record companies is whether any other barriers to entry remain.

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These are the things you would never record if the barriers to entry were large and costly.

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In the old days, manufacturing plants and distribution networks created sizeable barriers to entry which kept upstarts out of the record companies' business.

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Hsu Sheng-yueh, a high-school graduate, took the CPU exam in July, passed with flying colors but was denied entry because his father had a criminal record.

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Its more recent occupation was noted in the former sea cave's entry on Highland Council's historic environment record database.

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Denon has a proven track record in the 1080p upscaling game, and its latest entry-level player looks to be yet another winner.

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Record-company executives argue that marketing will remain the barrier to entry for the expected wave of Internet-based challengers.

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About the only immigrants denied entry into the United States were those believed to have a disease or a criminal record.

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