Pearl Jam and Willie Nelson are coming to the state's schoolrooms, thanks to Washington's settlement of a national antitrust lawsuit with music labels and retailers. As part of an estimated national $143 million settlement with record labels and music retail outlets, Washington schools will receive 72,800 compact discs and state libraries will get 40,000 CDs -- a musical package worth more than $1.5 million. As part of the settlement, 213,000 state residents who filed a claim in the class-action suit will receive checks for $13.86.
Posted by Editor at June 8, 2004 03:09 PM