Barcode-cover '80s album selling for a song

LONDON (Reuters) - The music industry has a new scapegoat for its revenue problems: album cover art.

A big barcode splashed on the cover of an '80s compilation CD is being mistakenly scanned by retailers instead of the real barcode, giving Tears for Fears and Duran Duran fans a fat discount

Source: Yahoo! News

I found this over at Stephany's blog and I just had to post, the story is just too funny.

Posted by Ken Edwards on July 28, 2005 11:07 AM

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