[Dixielandjazz] : Not a myth

Charlie Hooks charliehooks at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 24 14:13:51 PST 2003


Subject: Not a myth


> Friends,
>
> This one actually works: as part of the almost $150 million dollar
> anti-trust settlement that went against the five companies that basically
> control the CD market (for price fixing. Can you believe it?), there is a
> web site that exists for ANYONE who purchased a CD at a retail store
between
> 1995 and 2000.  If you got this I just assumed that this probably includes
> you.
>
> Five minutes spent at a slightly convoluted web site can net you between
$5.
> and $20.  There's no doubt that Sony, Warner Music, et. al. got off cheap
in
> this crime, but a published news story recently said that only 30,000
people
> had taken advantage of this site so far.  You don't need a receipt.
>
> So, please forward this URL to anyone you like.  I'm sure this "deal" runs
> out soon.
>
> http://www.musiccdsettlement.com/english/default.htm
>
> Best,
> Tom
>
> Tom Tallman
> Associate Professor, Music
> College of DuPage
> Glen Ellyn, IL
> 630.942.2369
> http://www.cod.edu/dept/lart/Tallman/Tom_Tallman.htm
> "but beauty is more each than living's all" - e. e. cummings
>
>
>





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