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from the go-buy-half-a-CD dept

Fri, Feb 20th 2004 9:55am — Mike Masnick
It's been well over a year since the recording industry had to collect names to refund consumers for their CD price-fixing ways. Despite a number of delays, it appears that the money is finally on its way. For all that price fixing, consumers will get a grand total of $13.86, not even the price of a regular CD these days. Interestingly, it appears that every state attorney general came out with their own press release about this, so you can read about how people in Washington, California, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Iowa, Tennessee, North Carolina, Idaho and plenty of other states are going to be receiving their $13.86. Hmmm. Think this is a political issue that state politicians want to take credit for? Meanwhile, no one is pointing out that the recording industry used their price fixing schemes to bring in a hell of a lot more than the $67 million they're paying out.
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  • identicon
    Beck, 20 Feb 2004 @ 10:21am

    The Real WInners

    Meanwhile, no one is pointing out that the lawyers will split among themselves a payment of $14,000,000 from the settlement fund.

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    Joe Baderderm, 20 Feb 2004 @ 11:33am

    Meanwhile....

    ...I'm going to keep all the MP3's I downloaded for free off of Kazaa. I think that maks me even with the music industry.

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    ConceptJunkie (profile), 22 Feb 2004 @ 12:07pm

    Wow, I feel vindicated...

    According to articles the record companies colluded to overcharge me $5 per CD. If I ever do get that check, it will amount to a little less than 2 cents per CD.

    And, by the way, shouldn't this suit have resulted in lower prices? Naaah, that would make sense.

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    thecaptain, 23 Feb 2004 @ 10:32am

    No Subject Given

    Its simply modern business:

    1) Overcharge and/or rip off your customers
    2) Rake in billions because of #1
    3) get caught, act contrite, strike a deal and pay back a "slap on the wrist" of 64 million bucks
    4) PROFIT!

    Yeah...I'm really thrilled about our politicians and our justice system. Its about the same as charging a serial rapist a 50$ fine.

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    m0deth, 4 Mar 2004 @ 9:29am

    Class Action Suits

    And this is why class-action suits only serve the defendants and the lawyers suing them. God forbid each and every person they stole from sue them for arrears.....they'd hafta fire some bigwigs to cover those expenses. Here's the real killer, I'll bet my left nut that this suit also states that they admit no guilt upon settlement, which simply means they paid-off(bribed legally) everyone with a complaint saying they did no wrong, as happens when cases like this are allowed to settle. And this is why prices will never change, and neither will the music industry or the RIAA

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