Millions Owed To CD Buyers
02-24-04, 07:25 AM
#26
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Re: buying a dvd
Originally posted by jrhitchings
If you go out and buy a dvd you are just giving your money back to these companies in a different way. All the music companies also own the movie companies. Buy a book.
If you go out and buy a dvd you are just giving your money back to these companies in a different way. All the music companies also own the movie companies. Buy a book.
02-24-04, 08:56 AM
#27
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Anyone know of a site that describes where all the money in the cd price goes? For example, out of the $18.99 msrp, what percentage goes to the artist, what percentage goes to manufacturing, etc.
02-24-04, 09:31 AM
#28
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Originally posted by raiders757
I got my check back today!! A wopping $13.86!! It came with a form letter from my states (Virginia) Attorney General, Jerry W. Kilgore. How nice.
I wonder how big the lawyers (who filed this class action suit) check is? I bet it's a lot more than $13.86, that's for sure. Oh well, I'll happily take mine, and go get some more CD-R's.
I got my check back today!! A wopping $13.86!! It came with a form letter from my states (Virginia) Attorney General, Jerry W. Kilgore. How nice.
I wonder how big the lawyers (who filed this class action suit) check is? I bet it's a lot more than $13.86, that's for sure. Oh well, I'll happily take mine, and go get some more CD-R's.
http://www.baratunde.com/sproj/PriceFixins.html
where he determines the lawyers and admin fees got 35%, or about $23,375,000.
Here's a link to CNN graphic showing breakdown of a CD cost.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/enter...t.exclude.html [I don't know if it was aimed at Brits, because the first figure is in pounds, but dollars are listed too.
02-24-04, 11:00 AM
#29
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That chart can not be right. The record company only makes $0.59, while the artist make $1.99 and retail markup is $6. This all seems backwards to me, the record company might make $6, while retail gets $2 and the artist gets $0.59.
02-24-04, 11:34 AM
#30
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
It may have been based on British sales/markets/companies, with the conversion to dollars for convenience of worldwide readers. It was the first thing I found, and I didn't have a lot of time to search.
02-24-04, 01:09 PM
#31
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Originally posted by Cusm
That chart can not be right. The record company only makes $0.59, while the artist make $1.99 and retail markup is $6. This all seems backwards to me, the record company might make $6, while retail gets $2 and the artist gets $0.59.
That chart can not be right. The record company only makes $0.59, while the artist make $1.99 and retail markup is $6. This all seems backwards to me, the record company might make $6, while retail gets $2 and the artist gets $0.59.
02-24-04, 09:06 PM
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got mine today.
02-26-04, 09:02 AM
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Got ours on Wednesday. Tiny little checks aren't they?
02-26-04, 11:24 AM
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Originally posted by Cusm
Got ours on Wednesday. Tiny little checks aren't they?
Got ours on Wednesday. Tiny little checks aren't they?
02-26-04, 03:13 PM
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Got mine. Went towards Pearl Jam's Lost Dogs on vinyl. Or the book I bought. I'm going to officially say the book so that I don't give it back to the record companies. 
02-27-04, 10:28 AM
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Getting a game maybe?
Well I think I'll use some of that store credit I have a GameStop with their $13 and pick up a "Greatest Hits" game. That way I can get a good 25-30 hours of entertainment rather than 45 minutes (maybe about 8 or 9 minutes once you factor out the "throw away" tracks). And if you add in online play my entertainment value goes up exponentially!!
Nothing like knowing the value of a dollar is there.
Nothing like knowing the value of a dollar is there.
