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goths-digest         Thursday, October 3 2002         Volume 06 : Number 037



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  Please tell me we are going to get money back for CD purchases:-)  [KrodKn]

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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 18:04:12 EDT
From: KrodKnid@aol.com
Subject: Please tell me we are going to get money back for CD purchases:-)

From ASOL---

In Tuesday's (10/1) New York Times, Claudia H. Deutsch writes: "Music lovers
who have complained that compact discs are too costly were officially
vindicated yesterday, as five big music labels and three national retailers
settled a lawsuit charging them with price fixing. Although the companies
did not admit to any wrongdoing, they agreed to refund $67.4 million to
consumers who purchased CDs from 1995 to 2000 and eliminate policies that
set minimum prices for advertised CDs." Deutsch adds: "Neither the
plaintiffs -- 40 states led by the New York attorney general, Eliot
Spitzer -- nor the defendants said that they expected the settlement to
result in lower prices for recorded music." The record industry defendants
included the Bertelsmann Music Group, EMI Music Distribution, the
Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment and the
Universal Music Group, while "retailer defendants" included Trans World
Entertainment, Tower Records and Musicland stores.

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