Last month, Mississippi, the first state scheduled to go trial against producers, settled its case for more than $3 billion.

The economics of home video work against smaller producers without a television tie-in.

In 2002 she was on an episode of Texas Justice as a plaintiff against producers who did not produce industry standard quality music.

But yesterday's decision follows two large jury awards against producers in the last year.

Ford had helped found the guild, he said, "to protect ourselves against producers."

The wildcat actions against other producers began soon afterward.

In many cases, enforcement officials are working against producers rather than working with them to ensure compliance.

Some chief executives were also concerned that paying more in taxes could increase the price of products and hurt them competitively, particularly against foreign producers.

This country has pursued research and farm policies that are biased against small producers.

The action is brought against producers of defective products.