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posted by CoolHand on Wednesday February 08 2017, @08:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the wheels-of-justice-grind-slow dept.

The spindles of justice have turned and you may be eligible for (up to) $10 per computer purchased between April 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2008:

Do you remember the computer you owned a decade ago? Did it have an DVD drive? That little trip down memory lane may have just earned you $10.

This past December, Sony, NEC, Panasonic and Hitachi-LG settled a class-action lawsuit that's been in the works for over seven years. The companies were accused of colluding to inflate the prices of optical drives sold to big computer companies and retailers.

When HP and Dell placed orders for lots of optical discs, the lawsuit alleged, competing drive makers would share their bids with each other to keep prices high. When the US Department of Justice investigated the issue, at least one Hitachi-LG executive was sentenced to serve six months in prison after pleading guilty to the conspiracy.

Also at the Consumerist and The Verge.


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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Wednesday February 08 2017, @10:22PM

    by butthurt (6141) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @10:22PM (#464799) Journal
    Thank you for submitting the story.

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  • (Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday February 09 2017, @12:41AM

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Thursday February 09 2017, @12:41AM (#464829)

    lynx seems to work.

    • (Score: 1) by butthurt on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:22AM

      by butthurt (6141) on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:22AM (#464906) Journal

      Thanks, you're right. Also the article's text comes up when I view the source. Two creat ways to read Cnet!