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Price-Fixing Settlement Checks in the Mail

Posted by michael on from the don't-spend-it-all-in-one-place dept.

toastyman writes "Remember the Music Industry $67m settlement from way back in 2002? Seven months later than planned, your $13.86 check is finally on its way. In addition to the cash settlement, the defendants in the suit are also giving 5.6 million CD's to educational programs."

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  1. Re:...giving 5.6 million CD's to educational progr by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because that's not what the settlement was.

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  2. Yippee. by cableshaft · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Wow, a whole 13.86. Feels like Christmas all over again.

    Maybe I'll spend it on a CD! I might even have enough money left over to tip the cashier a few nickels.

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  3. FBI begins work on the anti-price-fixing seal by Politicus · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The FBI says it will give the movie, music, and software industries a digital anti-price-fixing seal.

    Joined by execs from the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, the Software and Information Industry Association, and the Entertainment Software Association, FBI officials said during a Thursday press conference that the seal not only will deter corporations engaging in price-fixing, but that it would aid in the prosecution of price-fixing rings by ensuring a particular work's status having a free market price could not be disputed.

    The seal would enable the music and movie industries to deliver on their stated belief that education is as important as enforcement in combating collusion much as it is in fighting piracy.

    see anti-piracy article

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