The firm has been able to control the price of music, boosting sales of iPods but not bringing the record companies a great deal of money.

它已经可以呼风唤雨，控制音乐的价格，提高iPod的销量，还不带唱片公司混。

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But the so-called "Big Five" record labels, which control 85 percent of U.S. record sales, say built-in copy protection is the only way they can safeguard their music from freeloading downloaders.

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