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Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:24:44 -0000

THAT'S just plain silly. DUH.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Everton — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:05:14 -0000

What I find funny is they are trying to position this move as in the interests of the consumer!!!

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Mosey — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:57:45 -0000

I think sites like CD-wow highlight that the costs of producing/displaying/selling a CD really aren't as high as the price tag set by the UK record companies (I won't even go on about DVD and Game prices which are an even worse rip off) so I am very sorry to read about the news. What was the judging panel thinking?

I quote from the 'BPI Lawyer'

The courts have lost patience

HUH?!

Pretty sad day when the courts are blind to the truly unfair practices.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:26:14 -0000

Sounds a lot like the prescription drug companies here in the states. We can get medications from Canada and Mexico imported for a tiny fraction of the cost that the companies can get away with charging here.

But then they lobby the government with scare tactics saying that we can't be sure of the safety of drugs produced outside of the country (when in some cases their manufacturing standards are higher than our own).

It's all in a day of business, eh? ;)

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Horace — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:01:36 -0000

no wonder.I just know that this is likely to increase more piracy.

at least the companies get some money unlike piracy where they dont get a pennie.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

sdfsdfsdf — Wed, 30 May 2007 09:51:24 -0000

This move will only serve to increase piracy, where every sale made by CD-Wow was actively decreasing piracy.

The laws around parallel importing seem to be archaic and surely are used purely as method of price fixing in this modern age of the internet!

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Martin — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:16:27 -0000

This is typical. Every company is propagating globalization but as soon as the consumer is also using the benefits of it they cry out loud and pressure politicians to create laws that forbid imports for example.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

John — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:52:16 -0000

But we don't compete on a level playing field anyway just look at the "UK" retailers that are based in Jersey to avoid VAT.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Everton — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:01:15 -0000

I'm so glad that I have iTunes as it's made me finally realise I don't have to buy any more music, as I have 18k tracks in my collection (and I haven't even started importing my Vinyl yet-that's a summer project), where the majority haven't been listened to more than a handful of times.

I'm trying to get more value out of what I've got and I probably only buy around 5-10 albums a year now.

Re: CD-Wow Fined Â£41m And Told To Stop Selling Cheap CDs

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:54:32 -0000

News like that can really p*** me off. I amazes me how much the music industry does to keep itself unpopular.

China being the World's factory is another story, that I won't comment on today ;)