'Nuff Said!

[theknife]

I rest my case.

"a landmark settlement to address years of illegal price fixing".

[pod]

Wow... $150M. How... generous. After decades of price gouging, every man woman and child in the US will get a whopping $0.50. Excuse me while I laugh all the way to the bank...

But, at least they promise not to do it again. Kinda like Microsoft I bet.

[TankGirl]

Yahoo News:

The companies, which did not admit any wrongdoing, will pay $67.4 million in cash to compensate consumers who overpaid for CDs between 1995 and 2000. The companies also agreed to distribute $75.7 million worth of CDs to public entities and nonprofit organizations throughout the country.

These are the guys who use our money to sabotage our p2p communications and to make us guilty (emotionally and legally) for stealing the last bread from the hand of the poor abused artist. And now these heros of capitalism use our money to pay the fines they got for being greedy over legal limits. Some guardians for our cultural and intellectual 'property'!

- tg

[Mazer]

The settlement also requires 5.5 million CDs valued at $75.7 million to be distributed to public entities and nonprofit organizations in each state to promote music programs.

Conspiracy Theory of the Day: Record companies distribute millions of Britney and N'Sync CD's to elementary and middle schools across the country to promote their music in the name of charity.

[SA_Dave]

Originally posted by Mazer

Conspiracy Theory of the Day: Record companies distribute millions of Britney and N'Sync CD's to elementary and middle schools across the country to promote their music in the name of charity.

That's so true! Microsoft uses the same method to influence the teachers and learners in underpriviledged schools.