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UK Music Industry Stomps on Imported CD Seller

Posted by michael on from the no-price-arbitrage-for-you dept.

MungoBBQ writes "The Independent is one among the many news sources reporting that BPI, the British equivalent of RIAA, has made a large online retailer of CDs, DVDs and games, comply with their demands to raise prices by 2 pounds per CD sold on their website. The retailer, CD-WOW, based in Hong-Kong, agreed to raise their prices offered to their UK customers to avoid legal battles. CD-WOW caters to many other European countries, where people have been enjoying their cheaper CD prices. However, it can now be assumed that other national recording industry organizations will make CD-WOW and other online retailers jack up their prices to 'better compare' with the local prices in each country."

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  1. It's their lot in life, they're made to suffer by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's because they're selling to british and the british are meant to suffer. It's their lot. Stiff upper lip and all that!

    Bloke: "I am really enjoying this CD I saved 2 quid on!"
    BPI Barrister: "Stop that! Stop that right now! You're not supposed to be enjoying or saving on anything, and where is the rain? Bloody hell, can't we have some respectable english weather?!?"

    Actually, I do buy books from the UK on occasion because they have better covers on the Terry Pratchett books and some things you just can't get in the USA (Meijers/Costco mentality, lots of what you oughta like at prices you can't refuse, but less variety all the time, because variety is meant to be a luxury and should be expensive or denied to peasants just for good measure.)

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  2. Wow is right by shystershep · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're not acknowledging that we were in the wrong, but simply that the risk-reward ratio of spending months in court wasn't right for us.

    Yay. Chalk up another win for the good guys. It is nice to see, however, that the US legal system isn't the only one where extortion is a valid tactic.

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  3. Re:What kind of nerd are you ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Mom's pancakes. What's it all about? Is it good, or is it whack?

  4. Re:How about this? by ralmeida · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was in SOVIET RUSSIA!

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  5. Re:"Hong Kong-based"?!? by Zalgon+26+McGee · · Score: 2, Funny
    remember, you can't say blowjob in court

    I won't ask how you know this...

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