Libraries facing music in CD accord

Anonymous Patron writes “The Boston Globe has picked up on the CD settlement story. They say Public library directors across the suburbs north and west of Boston are setting up their own version of ”Let’s Make A Deal’ after dozens of duplicate compact discs landed on their doorsteps in mid-June, part of a $142 million settlement with the music industry in a federal class action lawsuit brought by attorneys general in 38 states, including Massachusetts.
While the librarians said they are generally pleased with the largesse, the high numbers of duplicates they discovered when they opened the shipping boxes are causing them a cataloging and processing headache. They also are somewhat chagrined by the number of less-than-popular titles that were shipped to them.”

July 8, 2004 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. teaperson says:
    July 8, 2004 at 10:01 pm

    Making Lemonade
    One librarian optimistically quoted in this article expects to sell them at the library’s book sale and then buy CD’s his patrons will want. But where will he find 21 buyers for the same obscure Gregorian chant album?

    Maybe eBay is the answer.

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  2. GregS* says:
    July 8, 2004 at 11:21 pm

    Re:Making Lemonade
    “But where will he find 21 buyers for the same obscure Gregorian chant album?”

    Is there a hempfest in his area?

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