CD prices settlement

interesting case

[gibbon]

h*tp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3416437.stm

[HughMungus]

Interesting. The company is probably doomed now.

[PCInk]

Hmmmm, so the record companies are price fixing?

How can it be against copyright if it is a CD produced by the record company?

Confusing. It is also bad for the recording companies as it is likely that some CD-Wow customers will now turn to (illegal) downloading and others will buy less CDs. And the record companies don't like us downloading, or buying less.

[volatilegx]

This just goes to show that record companies = evil greedy b@5t@rd$.

[plumsauce]

The BPI would not comment on the impact the settlement would have on UK consumers who had been using CD-Wow!.

[gibbon]

the company in question is prob not doomed.

as it is turning over £100m pa

moreover it is only cds that are affected. dvds and games are not affected for it.

the money that them and play.com turnover is PHENOMENAL

[Birdman]

record companies = evil greedy b@5t@rd$.

Amen!

[willybfriendly]

Another case for the WTO?

WBF

[Essex_boy]

Ive been buying all my CD's from this firm since I think around 2001 - if they can sell them this cheap why cant UK stores?

The company will survive but it opens up some interesting points - I can only see this as price fixing. The CDs are genuine so whats wrong with them selling them?