text_combined: elias eliascseucscedu bitbitchmagnesiumnet wrote turns music industry settled quite hefty settlement funnky thought minor comparison gouging occurs standard cd wall street journal copyright c 2002 dow jones company inc tuesday october 1 2002 five music concerns pay 1431 million pricefixing case reuters news service companies didnt admit wrongdoing pay 674 million cash compensate consumers overpaid cds 1995 2000 companies also agreed distribute 757 million worth cds public entities nonprofit organizations throughout country cds probably cost less 75 million produce distribute didnt admit wrongdoing give break elias tue 01 oct 2002 185402 0700 missed one