May 10, 2023
A Washington federal judge gave his initial blessing to a $25 million class action settlement in a case where consumers accused a vinyl company of using digital mastering to make records marketed as all-analog, over opposition from intervenors who claimed the deal was reached via "a collusive reverse auction."
March 14, 2023
Consumers alleging a vinyl company secretly used digital mastering to make records marketed as all-analog can try and block the company's $25 million settlement in a related class action, after they claimed the deal was tainted by efforts to settle for the lowest possible amount.
March 01, 2023
Consumers accusing a vinyl record producer of deceptively using digital mastering for its purportedly all-analog recordings said the company should not get to pause their Illinois case based on a deal reached in Washington state, arguing that the company pitted the plaintiffs against one another to pay as little as possible.
February 08, 2023
A Chicago vinyl record producer has reached a deal estimated to be worth more than $25 million to resolve proposed class claims in Washington federal court that it marketed recordings it claimed were purely analog, despite actually using digital mastering in its production process.