[cinFLA]

In addition, 5.5 million CDs, valued at $75.7 million, will be distributed to public entities and nonprofit organizations in each state to benefit consumers and promote music programs. According to the agreement, the companies will pay artist royalties on the CDs.

And they used inflated prices to come to this amount. An outrage!

[weegee]

This lawsuit has been going on for years (and some states appear to have added in late).

I think that one of the smoking guns was cassette pricing. Cassettes have been phased out; won't have that problem again.

DVD sales are great because the prices are lower than CDs. If the entertainment industry wants to improve sales figures, they should get the hint.