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Australian Court Doubles CD Importers' Fines

Posted by michael on from the drop-in-the-bucket dept.

anti-fsck writes "Australia's Full Federal Court today upheld a lower court's decision that music labels Warner Music and Universal Music had engaged in anti-competitive practices in the .au CD market by threatening retailers who imported cheaper CDs. The court also doubled the labels' fine - and the fines for senior label executives - to more than $A2 million. w00, cheap CDs at last? Now if we can only get US-zoned DVDs legalised as well ..." Another reader notes that the U.S. government is busy trying to get Australia to change its laws to increase the profits of U.S. record companies.

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  1. Re:The real story? by Troed · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not "severed" - it's "bombed".

    There has never been a more trigger happy country than the US. What is it Eminem says again .. "Divided States of Embarrasment" ..

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  2. Re:The real story? by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    er, why the European slant?

    The US seems to like the muck and bullets when it comes to the non-European theatre.

    try asking the people left in Korea, Vietnam & Nicaragua

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  3. Re:The real story? by Troed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, to recap. You left South America out since that would prove my point.

    The people of america should maybe start by raising their collective intelligence. 70% of all americans thought that Iraq had something to do with Sept 11. To me that says that the majority of the american population are ignorant fools.

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