<![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:11:44 EDT Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:11:44 EDT http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1594656 The trade group that brought the action in the first place should probably worry more about the piracy problem surrounding the music industry rather than chasing CD WOW! through the courts for the last 5 years.
As Paul D referred to above.. it's surely not the BPI's job to keep prices artificially high in the UK compared to other markets.
And don't worry - it's business as usual for cd wow.

KevinOLoughlin

]]> 33:264391:c1594656 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:11:44 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1563257 @PaulD:

Well, what the modern 'capitalists' really love is not really capitalism but rather capitalism as it existed from the late 1800's to the mid 1900's. They loathe free markets, labor mobility, and free flow of information.

revmatty

]]> 33:264391:c1563257 Wed, 30 May 2007 15:03:58 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1563186 i'm a proud cdwow supporter and this really blows...

god forbid we're able to seek out BUUYING music at an affordable cost.

StevenPatrickMorrissey

]]> 33:264391:c1563186 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:58:17 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1561797 They hate it when they can't make more money off of it.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:264391:c1561797 Wed, 30 May 2007 12:55:25 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1561529 Does anyone else think that having the ability to buy the same product cheaper elsewhere is the very essence of capitalism?

Why do these copyright holders hate capitalism?

Paul D

]]> 33:264391:c1561529 Wed, 30 May 2007 12:31:18 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1561504 @GovernmentNames: Aah, but in the US we have (at least the appearance of) enforcement of copyright laws. And, of course, to peek and see how well police and lawyers can discourage "bad" behavior, jut take a peek at the war on drugs.

So a question of how rampant law-breaking has to be before they consider changing it is unfortunately irrelevant.

Great, now I'm depressed.

KinetiQ

]]> 33:264391:c1561504 Wed, 30 May 2007 12:29:38 EDT <![CDATA[British CD Retailer Hit With Wow-Inducing $81 Million Fine]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/retail/british-cd-retailer-hit-with-wow+inducing-81-million-fine-264391.php#c1560116 "Music is available much more cheaply in Asia than in the UK because it is believed that it is not possible to charge much in countries like India and China, where piracy is rampant."

So, uh, how rampant does piracy have to get here before U.S. record companies start slashing prices?

Al Shipley

]]> 33:264391:c1560116 Wed, 30 May 2007 10:16:18 EDT