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RIAA Dumps Unsold Inventory to Settle Anti-Trust Case

Posted by michael on from the chicken-soup-for-little-souls dept.

theodp writes "A music windfall promised to WA public schools and libraries from last year's $143M anti-trust settlement with the recording industry wasn't all it was cracked up to be. While WA got 115,241 music CDs out of the deal, folks aren't quite sure what to do with the odd collection, which includes 387 CDs containing explicit lyrics by Big Pun, 310 copies of Will Smith's Willenium and 48 copies of Spooky Scary Sounds for Halloween from Martha Stewart."

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  1. Martha Stewart? by A_GREER · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hummm....maybe they could play it in the local jail...

  2. REminds me of a milk commercial... by CaptainPinko · · Score: 0, Redundant

    got duped?

    Yes, it looks like they got screwed and they RIAA is greatful to have removed some unwanted nventory.

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  3. That's so awful what they did! by Tokerat · · Score: 0, Redundant


    ...I was gonna go buy that Big Pun CD!

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  4. Spooky Scary Sounds is great! by crow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Spooky Scary Sounds CD is awesome. Every Halloween, we set it up on a boom box in the bushes next to our front door on repeat. It's perfect for setting the mood along with our jack-o-lanterns.

    Say what you want about her investing and cover up, but she did put out some great products.

  5. Re:I've thought long and hard about this... by tickleboy2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For the CDs or for the RIAA? Oh... both! My bad.... sorry. :D

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  6. An excellent idea by EvilStein · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Really - if they can "pay off" a lawsuit in such a fashion, then why can't the citizens that they're suing?

    Seems only fair, right?

  7. Re:It must be good stuff, it was on the Billboard! by pwynne · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That is some funny shit.

    IIRC, Ice's comparison is this:
    Queen -- ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-ding ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-dinga

    VI -- ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-ding ding ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-dinga

    i.e. he throws a tiny little beat in there between the two sets of ding-dings.

    Still, no matter how he tries to spin it, he's full of shit.

  8. Re:Mod Funny doesn't help Karma by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I guess that means people should actually have something intelligent to add to the conversation then.

    (Yes I know this comment isn't that intelligent)

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  9. Re:This stuff is useful, look for yourself! by BlueJay465 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    actually, the most well known term for a person of African and European descent is Mulatto