Archive for January, 2005

Apparently there has been a class action lawsuit against MGM. So if you are a big DVD purchaser (and I am) then you should get in line for your settlement… ;-)

I actually received check from the Audio Price Fixing class action suit on CD’s (however it was around $5 if I remember correctly, and I’ve bought around 500 CD’s so you do the math). I’m thinking the price fixing added more than one penny a CD…

Here is some background from the shark’s website:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., et al.
On December 13, 2002 WCC&P filed a class action complaint, Eallonardo v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. et al., Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BC286950. The complaint alleges that MGM’s advertisements that “widescreen” DVDs provide up to 50% more image than MGM’s standard screen DVDs is false and/or misleading. Plaintiffs allege that the “widescreen” DVDs show the same width of the film as the “standard screen” DVD of the same film. The complaint alleges that defendants violated the unfair competition laws, false advertising laws, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and committed fraud.

The settlement website is here. Hurry, you must make your claim by March 31st, 2005.

Ok, so Ted Turner is in the limelight again, with his own special comments. Actually I agree with a good bit of what he has to say, but then again I disagree with a good bit of what Ted has to say. He does have often have a point of view that is new and strangely insightful. But I guess that’s just the liquor talking… ;-)

The treasure of this post is the response from Fox News…

Fox News in New York issued a statement saying, “Ted is understandably bitter having lost his ratings, his network and now his mind – we wish him well.”

Holy poop talk about convergence…

Google and Yahoo duke it out in TV dialog search.

Call me a luddite, but I’m not necessarily sure that the incessant move to make more and more data availaible is a good thing. At least they don’t have my phone number anymore (I wonder how long it will be until our credit scores are google-able via our SSN). Maybe I should look into building barns in Tennessee.

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