Re: The record industry sharks strike again -- Thin Lizzy

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Subject: Re: The record industry sharks strike again

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Al

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Date Posted: 06:36:36 01/22/04 Thu
In reply to: Paul O'Connell 's message, "The record industry sharks strike again" on 23:57:05 01/21/04 Wed

>Got this from CD WOW.COM
>
>CD WOW! - An Important Announcement
>
>Dear Member,
>
>The UK Major record companies through their mouth
>piece the BPI* have unfortunately restricted the UK
>and Irish consumers right to enjoy the freedom of the
>World Wide Web.
>
>As from this weekend, any CD ordered for delivery to
>the UK and Ireland will incur a surcharge as we are
>only able to deliver CDs manufactured within the EU
>(more expensive).
>
>Delivery to the rest of the world will not be affected.
>
>You only have a few days left - so order now!
>
>Be quick to make the best of our current low low
>prices while you can still exercise your right to
>choose.
>
>We will of course still be supplying UK and Irish
>customers but as of Sunday 25th January 2004 a
>surcharge of �2.00 (3.00 Euros) per CD will apply.
>
>Please Note - our prices of DVDs and Games will remain
>unaffected
>
>Whilst they don't stock much outside the top 100, it
>is another example of the major UK high Street
>retailers, the major record labels and the BPI
>strangling competition in order to protect their price
>fixing cartels.
>
>The US record industry are doing the same to
>downloaders and HMV and the like are also trying to do
>the same to PLAY.COM.
>
>Why do we put up with this crap when they won't even
>release the stuff that we want, and would be prepared
>to pay their over-inflated prices for? A UK Government
>select committee found that UK high street CD prices
>were over-priced by about �1 and that was 10 years
>ago! In the States you can buy a CD for about $9-$14
>(last time I was there) on the high street.
>
>It really does piss me off!
>
>Cheers

Boycott CD WOW. Any CDs I get are from the second-hand shop. Why make the faceless executives rich.

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