Word: settlements
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...place of the tough regulatory stand--a position being quietly urged on Archer by the Governor's office, report two sources involved in the issue. Just days after Ellis' plea, Archer brought in an outside lawyer to help him and the state's board of health to negotiate a settlement with ephedrine producers...
...that each cost 50? to make retail for $15. As long as the only way to get that music was through those channels, then Metallica and its label, Electra (owned by Time Warner, TIME's publisher), had a great gig. Last week a Federal Trade Commission settlement with major record companies put a crimp in that business. It said consumers may have overpaid $480 million in the past three years and that the companies would change their pricing policies...
Fisher feels that a settlement would be a better long-term solution, because it would allow musicians and the recording industry to benefit from the positive uses of MP3s...
...recording industry is being shortsighted in the vehemence of its attacks on Napster. It would be much wiser to arrange a settlement where it works with Napster to provide legitimate services...
...TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "This case, just like Microsoft, probably wouldn't have been brought five years ago." And with Time Warner not only looking to merge its music division with that of EMI but also hoping the FTC will approve its swallowing by AOL, a no-fuss settlement is an excellent way to signal to the trustbusters that it's a gentle giant. "In this climate, it doesn't want to look like it's using its size or connections unfairly," says Cohen. Click here to forward this story to Bill Gates...